Opinion
No. 3D07-962.
June 11, 2008.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, John Schlesinger, Judge.
Roberto Del Sol, in proper person.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Beth C. Weitzner, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.
Before GERSTEN, C.J., RAMIREZ, J., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
Roberto Del Sol ("Del Sol") appeals from the summary denial of his motion to compel the Office of the Public Defender to provide him with the file and records on circuit court case numbers F81-21481, F81-21480A, and F81-21541B. The public defender did not represent Del Sol in these cases. Instead, the record shows that Jeffrey Ward represented Del Sol as private counsel. Therefore, the trial court did not err in denying the motion to compel the public defender's office. See Wells v. Office of Pub. Defender, 907 So.2d 1247 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (affirming the denial of a petition for writ of mandamus because the public defender did not have the requested documents). Accordingly, we affirm the order denying the motion to compel.
In his notice of appeal, Del Sol names The State of Florida as appellee. On our own motion and pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.360(c)(1), the Court substitutes The Office of the Public Defender as appellee.
Affirmed.