Supreme Court of Florida

In a first and second degree murder case, an order denying defendant's successive motion for postconviction relief is affirmed where: 1) the trial court applied the proper standard for the second prong of the newly discovered evidence test; and 2) its findings of fact were supported by competent, substantial evidence in the record.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2007
• Published 06/28/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Houston Pope of Epstein, Becker, and Green, P.C., New York, NY, Dennis H. Tracey, III and Laurence L. Robin-Hunter of Hogan and Hartson, LLP, New York, NY, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Kenneth S. Nunnelley, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellee.