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Alvin MILLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Alvin Miller appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief, in which he raised two claims of ineffective assistance of counsel regarding his conviction of attempted sexual battery. We affirm the denial of his second claim without comment. As to his first claim, Mr. Miller argues that “low count number” testing had been utilized in his case and was inadmissible under sections 90.702 1 and 90.703, Florida Statutes (2015), that possible contamination of the DNA samples had occurred, and that the population frequency statistics were unreliable. The limited record attached to the postconviction court's order does not conclusively refute that claim. See Foster v. State, 810 So. 2d 910, 914 (Fla. 2002); Wesby v. State, 230 So. 3d 939, 941 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017). We therefore reverse the summary denial of Mr. Miller's first claim and remand for the court to either attach portions of the record that conclusively refute the claim or convene an evidentiary hearing.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with instructions.
FOOTNOTES
1. Section 90.702, which states that an expert may testify in the form of an opinion if: “(1) The testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data; (2) [t]he testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods; and (3) [t]he witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case,” codified the test set forth in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993), and was applicable at the time of Mr. Miller's trial.
PER CURIAM.
CASANUEVA, LUCAS, and SALARIO, JJ., Concur.
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Docket No: Case No. 2D19-17
Decided: November 27, 2019
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
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