Derrick Tyrone Smith, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee — Pariente, J., Dissenting

Summary

Justice Pariente dissents, arguing that the State’s failure to disclose multiple pieces of favorable evidence and the unreliability of the forensic comparative lead bullet analysis together undermine confidence in Derrick Smith’s conviction, necessitating a new trial. He emphasizes that a cumulative error analysis of the Brady violations, combined with newly discovered evidence, requires vacating the conviction and sentence.