EMERGENCY MOTION TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

Case No. SC06-2391

IAN DECO LIGHTBOURNE, LLOYD CHASE ALLEN, CHARLES ANDERSON, GUILLERMO O. ARBELAEZ, KAYLE BATES, LUCIOUS BOYD, MCARTHUR BREEDLOVE, MICHAEL GEORGE BRUNO, BYRON B. BRYANT, MILFORD WAADE BYRD, LUIS CABALLERO, JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, JIM ERIC CHANDLER, DANIEL CONOHAN, DAVID COOK, LABRANT D. DENNIS, JOEL DIAZ, JAMES AREN DUCKETT, PAUL EVANS, KEVIN FOSTER, CARLTON FRANCIS, HENRY GARCIA, MICHAEL J. GRIFFIN, JERRY LEON HALIBURTON, PATRICK HANNON, ROBERT HENRY, JAMES EUGENE HUNTER, BRANDY BAIN JENNINGS, TERRELL M. JOHNSON, VICTOR TONY JONES, BILLY LEON KEARSE, DEAN KILGORE, RONALD KNIGHT, ANTON KRAWCZUK, CARY MICHAEL LAMBRIX, CLEO DOUGLAS LECROY, RODNEY LOWE, MATTHEW MARSHALL, MARBEL MENDOZA, SONNY BOY OATS, THOMAS OVERTON, BRUCE PACE, MANUEL PARDO, DWAYNE PARKER, NORMAN PARKER, ROBERT PATTON, ROBERT PEEDE, HARRY PHILLIPS, NORBERTO PIETRI, THOMAS DEWY POPE, ROBERT BEELER POWER, RICHARD RANDOLPH, WILLIAM REAVES, ROBERT RIMMER, MICHAEL RIVERA, RICKEY BERNARD ROBERTS, JUAN DAVID RODRIQUEZ, MANUEL RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL SIEBERT, DENNIS SOCHOR, ROY CLIFTON SWAFFORD, DAVID THOMAS, WILLIAM THOMPSON, WAYNE L. THOMPKINS, GEORGE JAMES TREPAL, MANUEL VALLE, JASON D. WALTON, KENNETH WATSON, JOEL DALE WRIGHT, AND THOMAS WYATT,

Petitioners,

v.

CHARLES J. CRIST, Attorney General for the State of Florida, And JAMES McDONOUGH, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections,

Respondents. _______________________________________________/

EMERGENCY MOTION TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE.COMES Now Respondents and request this Court immediately

authorize the drawing of blood by the Medical Examiner for the

Eighth District, to preserve evidence from the remains of Angel

Diaz and would show:

The Respondents have represented to the Court that the

autopsy of Angel Diaz was stopped prior to any internal

examination. At the present time litigation is pending before

the Court regarding requests made by Lightbourne, et al. In

order to provide the most accurate result as to the toxicology

results involved, it is important that no matter the outcome of

the all writs pleading, blood be drawn to preserve the evidence

for the autopsy as soon as possible. No additional internal

examination will be conducted other than that necessary to

perform the procedures necessary to secure the blood draw.

CONCLUSION

Respondents request for authorization to draw autopsy blood

from Angel Diaz should be granted.

Respectfully submitted,

CHARLES J. CRIST ATTORNEY GENERAL

________________________________ CAROLYN M. SNURKOWSKI Assistant Deputy Attorney General Florida Bar No. 158541

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL The Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050.(850) 414-3300

Certificate of Service

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the

foregoing has been furnished by mail and facsimile to Suzanne M.

Keffer, 101 NE 3 rd Avenue, Suite 400, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301,

and to Larry Bedore, Office of the Medical Examiner, Eighth

Judicial Circuit, 606 SW 3 rd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32601,

this 14 th day of December, 2006.

________________________________ CAROLYN M. SNURKOWSKI Assistant Deputy Attorney General