JACKSON v. STATE

No. 81-1322.

416 So.2d 10 (1982)

Derrick JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piken & Snyder and Barry M. Snyder, North Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Alan T. Lipson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

We reverse the conviction under review because the trial court was in manifest error in denying the defendant's motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence. It clearly appeared that the directly exculpatory testimony of two separate additional witnesses both would probably have changed the result of the trial, at which the evidence against Jackson, while legally sufficient, was highly dubious and uncertain, Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.600(a)(3); ...

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