Legal Opinion

Dubose v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 8, 2012No. 2D11-4121PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIS, Judge.

Dwight Dubose appeals the summary denial of his motion for DNA testing filed *864pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 8.853. We reverse the postconviction court’s denial and remand for further proceedings.

On August 16, 2001, a jury convicted Dubose of first-degree murder and attempted robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder charge and a consecutive five-year term on the attempted robbery charge. On April 19, 2011, Dubose filed the current motion for DNA testing. After finding the motion to be facially sufficient, the postconviction court ordered a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Zollman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  2. Knighten v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  3. Schofield v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  4. Ortiz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  5. Reddick v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006

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