IN RE: AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.200
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The Florida Supreme Court amended Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.200(f) to add a new subdivision (4) clarifying that in criminal appeals where defendants are declared indigent for appellate purposes, a court order directing supplementation of the record is sufficient to compel court reporters to provide transcripts without requiring a separate transcription order from the lower tribunal.
The Court amended Rule 9.200(f) by adding subdivision (4), which provides that in criminal appeals where the lower tribunal has declared the defendant indigent for purposes of appeal, an order from the court directing supplementation of the record is sufficient to compel the court reporter to provide a transcript without requiring a separate order by the lower tribunal to transcribe proceedings.
[1] In criminal appeals where a defendant has been declared indigent, a court order directing supplementation of the record is sufficient to compel a court reporter to provid…
[2] A separate order from the lower tribunal to transcribe proceedings is not required when a court orders supplementation of the record in an indigent criminal appeal.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“In all criminal appeals in which the lower tribunal has declared the defendant indigent for purposes of appeal, an order from the court directing supplementation of the record is sufficient to compel the court reporter to provide a transcript to the clerk of the lower tribunal within the time period for supplementation specified in the court's order. No separate order by the lower tribunal to transcribe proceedings is required.”
The substantive text of the new rule provision, establishing that a single court order directing supplementation suffices to compel transcript provision in indigent criminal appeals.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceThe Court published a proposed amendment to Rule 9.200(f) for public comment. Two comments were received, neither opposing the proposal. The proposed …
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PER CURIAM.
This Court recently published for comment a proposed amendment to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.200(f) (The Record; Correcting and Supplementing Record). Two comments were received, neither expressing opposition to the proposal. Having considered the proposed amendment and the comments received, we hereby amend rule 9.200(f) in the manner proposed.¹ Specifically, a new subdivision (4) is added, providing:
In all criminal appeals in which the lower tribunal has declared the defendant indigent for purposes of appeal, an order from the court directing supplementation of the record is sufficient to compel the court reporter to provide a transcript to the clerk of the lower tribunal within the time period for supplementation specified in the court's order. No separate order by the lower tribunal to transcribe proceedings is required.
The Court hereby amends the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The amendment becomes effective April1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m.
It is so ordered.
MUÑIZ, C.J., and LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, and SASSO, JJ., concur. TANENBAUM, J., did not participate.
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT.
Original Proceeding – Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure
Stacy Scott, Public Defender, Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, and Megan Long, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of the Florida Public Defender Association, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida; and Dwayne Antonio Robinson, Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Miami, Florida, Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, and Heather Savage Telfer, Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida,
Responding with comments
APPENDIX RULE 9.200. THE RECORD (a) – (e) [No Change] (f) Correcting and Supplementing Record. (1)–(3) [No Change] (4) In all criminal appeals in which the lower tribunal has declared the defendant indigent for purposes of appeal, an order from the court directing supplementation of the record is sufficient to compel the court reporter to provide a transcript to the clerk of the lower tribunal within the time period for supplementation specified in the court's order. No separate order by the lower tribunal to transcribe proceedings is required.
Committee Notes [No Change]