Opinion ID: 1620060
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Heading Rank: 10

Heading: Darla Peede's Diary

Text: This Court held in Peede's initial postconviction appeal that the record did not disclose whether the State had possession of Darla's diary in its files or whether Peede had access to it, and that an evidentiary hearing was warranted on the issue. Peede II, 748 So.2d at 257-58. However, at the evidentiary hearing, the prosecutor testified that the parties in this case participated in full reciprocal discovery. She testified that defense counsel Bronson was made aware of the diary and had examined it. The prosecutor asked Bronson if he wanted a copy of the diary, and he said no because he did not think it was admissible, and the prosecutor agreed. While defense counsel DuRocher had no memory of seeing the diary prior to preparing for the evidentiary hearing, defense counsel Bronson testified that he was aware of the substance of the information that was contained in the diary generally, although he could not recall seeing a written diary. Under these circumstances there is record evidence to support the conclusion of the trial court that the diary and its contents were disclosed to the defense and, hence, no Brady violation occurred.