Hassoun v. State

PER CURIAM..,

Appellant, Jamal Hassoun, brings this appeal from the trial court’s denial of his post-conviction motion seeking relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse and remand to the trial court with instructions to afford appellant a new trial.

Appellant’s initial trial took place prior to this court’s decisions in Kelly v. State, 593 So.2d 1060 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992) and Grissett v. State, 594 So.2d 321 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). In Kelly we held that use by the police of crack cocaine manufactured in the police laboratory violated the right to due process of a…