FRAZIER
v.
STATE

Fla. 1st DCA | 2019-06-18
No. 1D18-5199
Joanos, Smith, Wentworth
273 So. 3d 1194 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2019)

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Synopsis

The First District Court of Appeal affirmed the summary denial of an inconsistent verdict claim but reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing on a newly discovered evidence claim in a postconviction relief case.


Holding

The appellate court held that the summary denial of the inconsistent verdict claim was proper. However, the court held that the summary denial of the newly discovered evidence claim was improper and required an evidentiary hearing.


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[1] A successive motion for postconviction relief based on newly discovered evidence is entitled to an evidentiary hearing when the claim is not facially deficient and meets…

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“This is an appeal from the summary denial of Appellant’s successive motion for postconviction relief.”

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Facts & Procedural History

James Frazier appealed the summary denial of his successive motion for postconviction relief. The motion raised two claims: an inconsistent verdict cl…

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Opinion of the Court

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________

No. 1D18-5199 _____________________________

JAMES FRAZIER,

Appellant,

v. STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

_____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Steven B. Whittington, Judge.

June 18, 2019 PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the summary denial of Appellant’s successive motion for postconviction relief. We affirm the summary denial of Appellant’s inconsistent verdict claim. However, we reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing on Appellant’s newly discovered evidence claim. See Utile v. State, 235 So. 3d 1045, 1048 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018); Simpson v. State, 100 So. 3d 1258, 1260 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012); Coley v. State, 74 So. 3d 184, 185 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011).

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED for further proceedings.

RAY, BILBREY, and JAY, JJ., concur.

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_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

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James Frazier, pro se, Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


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