the 1985 murder conviction that sent a man to death row 20 years ago...

the 1985 murder conviction that sent a man to death row 20 years ago was vacated Thursday, with the Florida Supreme Court saying that evidence withheld by prosecutors might have been enough to change the verdict. 
James Floyd, now 45, was condemned for the fatal stabbing of Annie B. Anderson in January 1984.
A neighbor, Tina Glenn, told police she was watching "All My Children" when she saw a car pull up at the home of the elderly Anderson and saw two white men go inside. She saw them leave, acting suspiciously, about an hour later.
2 days later police arrested Floyd, a black man, as he tried to cash a check from Anderson's checkbook. Floyd said he got the checkbook from a trash bin. A jailhouse informant testified Floyd confessed to the murder.
Prosecutors never told Floyd's trial attorney about Glenn's testimony.
In Thursday's 4-2 decision, Florida's high court said the state's failure to provide the defense with that information and other, less significant information "severely compromised Floyds constitutional right to a fair trial." In the unsigned opinion, the high court noted that there was no direct evidence against Floyd; no eyewitness or DNA evidence, or a fingerprint.