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STATE v. DOUGAN

No. SC13-1826.

202 So.3d 363 (2016)

STATE of Florida, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Jacob John DOUGAN, Jr., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 20, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Carine L. Mitz , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Mark Evan Olive of the Law Offices of Mark E. Olive, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; and Kenneth Howard Haney and Tina M. Eckert of Quarles & Brady, LLP, Naples, FL, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Peter Morlu Brima Sao Dennis , Fort Myers, FL; and Bryan A. Stevenson and Jennifer R. Taylor of the Equal Justice Initiative, Montgomery, AL, for Amicus Curiae Equal Justice Initiative.

By this opinion, we affirm the postconviction court's granting of a new trial to defendant Jacob John Dougan, Jr., for a 1974 Jacksonville murder because of multiple significant problems in his trial, including the false testimony of the key witness against Dougan, and the actions of his own lawyer...

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