Case Name: Melvin Douglas SAYAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-10-21
Citations: 606 So. 2d 1237
Docket Number: No. 92-0613
Parties: Melvin Douglas SAYAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ANSTEAD, J., concurs specially with opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 606
Pages: 1237–1239

Head Matter:
Melvin Douglas SAYAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-0613.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 21, 1992.
Rehearing or Certification Denied Nov. 25, 1992.
Allen S. Kaufman of Law Offices of Allen S. Kaufman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
No appearance for appellee.

Opinion:
FARMER, Judge.
In a case involving two previous hung juries, see Sayan v. State, 381 So.2d 363 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980), and where the third trial resulted in a verdict only because an Allen charge was given, we cannot possibly say about any evidence that categorically it clearly would not have produced a different result. We reverse the trial court's summary denial of rule 3.850 relief, in his motion for which this prisoner cites newly discovered evidence and ineffective assistance of trial counsel, and remand for a full evidentiary hearing.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
ANSTEAD, J., concurs specially with opinion.
LETTS, J., dissents with opinion.