Reed v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. After his initial postconviction motion was denied, Petitioner filed an amended successive postconviction motion to vacate his judgments and sentence. Defendant filed a motion for discovery with regard his postconviction claim of newly discovered evidence, seeking production of a photograph card of an unidentified fingerprint found on the victim's check, which Defendant sought to compare with that of a deceased death row inmate. The postconviction court denied Defendant's motion for discovery and summarily denied his amended successive postconviction motion. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the postconviction court correctly summarily denied relief on the postconviction motion, as (i) Defendant's claim was time-barred, and furthermore, the record showed Defendant was not entitled to relief; (ii) Defendant was not entitled to a new trial based on newly discovered evidence; and (iii) Defendant was not deprived of his due process rights to present evidence on his challenge to Florida's lethal injection procedures. The Court also affirmed the circuit court's denial of Defendant's motion for discovery, as Defendant did not show his request would result in discovery of relevant or material evidence.
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