Steven Richard Taylor v. State of Florida

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Taylor’s second successive postconviction motion. It held that the failure to conduct a case management hearing was harmless because the motion was meritless, and that neither the affidavit evidence nor the asserted DNA evidence satisfied the newly discovered evidence standard or created a probability of acquittal on retrial. The Court reached that conclusion after considering the evidence cumulatively, including the DNA match, recovered jewelry, and Taylor’s inculpatory statements.