SCOTT v. STATE

No. SC07-1734.

46 So.3d 529 (2009)

Paul William SCOTT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Todd Doss , Lake City, FL, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum , Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Celia Terenzio , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This case is before the Court on appeal from an order denying a motion for postconviction DNA testing under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.853.1 For the reasons expressed below, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1979, Paul Scott was convicted of the first-degree murder of James Alessi. Alessi died from a compressed fracture of his skull after he sustained six blows to his head with a blunt...

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