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VEGA v. STATE

No. 5D13-2154.

135 So.3d 382 (2014)

Giovanni K. VEGA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 31, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Stephenson , of C. Stephenson Law, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann M. Phillips , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the summary denial of Giovanni Vega's rule 3.850 motion and remand for an evidentiary hearing. We conclude, based on the unique facts of this case, that the findings and conclusions set forth in Dr. Shanklin's report1 constitute newly discovered evidence to the extent they support an allegation that the testimony of the medical examiner at Vega's trial was knowingly and patently false (or, at a minimum, given in...

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