Johnson v. State

Paul Beasley Johnson, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals a circuit court order denying his second successive motion for postconviction relief, after an evi-dentiary hearing. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.; Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.851. As explained more fully below, the record here is so rife with evidence of previously undisclosed prosecutorial misconduct that we have no choice but to grant relief.

Specifically, we conclude that newly disclosed evidence shows the following. First, after Johnson was arrested and counsel was appointed, the State intentionally induced…