James Aren Duckett v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of Duckett’s fifth successive postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition. It held that later completion and disclosure of the DNA testing, together with the inconclusive results, satisfied due process and did not establish newly discovered evidence probably sufficient to produce an acquittal. The court also held that Florida does not recognize a freestanding postconviction actual-innocence claim and that the habeas claims duplicating earlier proceedings were procedurally barred.