TOMPKINS v. STATE

No. SC06-277.

980 So.2d 451 (2007)

Wayne TOMPKINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Dupree, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Martin J. McClain of Backhus and Izakowitz, P.A., Special Assistant CCRC—South, Wilton Manors, FL, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Robert J. Landry, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Wayne Tompkins, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals an order of the circuit court denying his second successive motion for postconviction relief. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. The issue is whether the circuit court erred in summarily denying Tompkins' claim that new information that impeaches a portion of an important witness's trial testimony requires reversal of the conviction and sentence of death. For...

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