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HILDWIN v. STATE

No. SC12-2101.

141 So.3d 1178 (2014)

Paul Christopher HILDWIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 26, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. McClain of McClain & McDermott, P.A., Wilton Manors, FL; and Nina Morrison of the Innocence Project, Inc., New York, NY, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL; and Mitchell D. Bishop , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Paul Christopher Hildwin appeals from the denial of postconviction relief in this death penalty case. We reverse and conclude that newly discovered evidence that identifies the donor of DNA left at the crime scene compels that a new trial be granted.1 The newly discovered DNA evidence now establishes that the victim's boyfriend, William Haverty, and not the defendant, Hildwin, was the provider of biological material...

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