Naylor v. State

In 1999, Ezra Naylor (“the defendant”) was convicted of the first-degree murder of Shawn Duncombe (“the victim”), and sentenced to life imprisonment. The defendant appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his 2009 motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm.

In his motion, the defendant claims he is entitled to a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence. The newly discovered evidence is a 1997 statement allegedly made by the now-deceased victim to a fellow inmate, that Jacqueline Mesi-dor, the arresting officer in this case, “had…