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Tompkins v. State

Citations

  • 994 So. 2d 1072
  • 2008 WL 4824085

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  • recognizing this Court's repeated rejection of each of these claims
  • rejecting claim that twenty-three years on death row constituted cruel and unusual punishment
  • discussing the testimony of the four individuals that Davis attempted to present
  • “[T]he evidence must not have been known by the trial court, the party, or counsel at the time of trial, and it must appear that the defendant or defense counsel could not have known of it by the use of diligence.”
  • In order to prevail on a newly discovered evidence claim, “the evidence must not have been known by the trial court, the party, or counsel at the time of trial, and it must appear that the defendant or defense counsel could not have known of it by the use of diligence.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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