Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion for postconviction relief from a conviction for murder and death sentence is reversed and the matter remanded for a new trial where defendant established that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to properly challenge a detective's canine-alert evidence, and he was prejudiced by the deficient performance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2007
• Published 07/12/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• P. Benjamin Duke of Covington and Burling, LLP, New York, New York, and Benjamin S. Waxman of Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben, Waxman, and Eiglarsh, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Sandra S. Jaggard and Margarita I. Cimadevilla, Assistant Attorneys General, Miami, Florida, for Appellee.