A man convicted in a home invasion and armed robbery in Sanford nearly two decades ago is hoping a new investigative report will persuade a Seminole County judge to order a new hearing or new trial in the case or simply vacate the man's sentence. A status hearing to discuss the findings in the report is set for Friday morning. WESH 2 Investigates reached out to the Sanford Police Department which investigated the crime and to the Circuit 18 State Attorney’s office which prosecuted Anthony Walker. Both agencies declined to comment at this time.The home invasion occurred on January 11, 2004, after 8 p.m., at an apartment complex on West Airport Boulevard in Sanford. A white man and Black man entered an apartment unit, brandished a handgun and took money. No one was harmed. Lloyd Scott, the white man, was arrested a short time later and nearby a handgun was found. Scott later testified at trial that Walker was the gunman, and for Scott’s testimony, he was sentenced to three years in prison. Walker, who was living in New York state, was not arrested until April 2004, after police had arrested and questioned another Black man. That third suspect was charged, but later, the state declined to prosecute. For his part, Walker was tried in late 2008, nearly five years after the crime. He was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison. But the investigative report, paid for by the Justice Administration Commission, and compiled and authored by private investigator Katy Raine, suggests Walker had nothing to do with the robbery. “It screams wrongful conviction. And it's not hard to find the evidence to back that up,” Raine said. Much of the report brings up prior “evidence” in the Walker case brought before judges in Seminole County that had no impact on his conviction or sentence. His appeals have been unsuccessful. But the latest investigation was spurred by a sworn statement provided by co-defendant Scott in February 2020 in which he indicates Walker had nothing to do with the crime. He doesn’t go that far perhaps to avoid perjuring himself. But in the statement, Scott said "(the female victim) planned the robbery on her boyfriend… who at the time was a drug dealer." He added, "I was told (by an investigator) if I did not testify against Anthony, I would be looking at 60 years in prison."Sanford police investigated the home invasion armed robbery.Scott said he originally identified Walker as his accomplice from a photo line-up. Sanford police may have suspected Walker after finding his bag in Scott's car trunk, a bag Walker said he accidentally left inside the 7-Eleven where Scott worked as a clerk. The bag contained information that could identify Walker since he had been in Sanford in December of 2003 weeks before the robbery for court proceedings in his daughter’s custody battle. He said when he contacted Scott about the whereabouts of the bag, Scott told him he had no idea who may have taken it. On the night of the robbery, Walker and his family claim he was with them in Quincy, Florida, preparing for the trip to New York State. The new investigative report also reveals the female alleged victim of the robbery also worked as a 7-Eleven clerk at the same store with Scott. Other information in the report includes a transcript from a 2013 interview with the male victim of the robbery. When asked about Walker's involvement, he said "that wasn't the man that was at my house (during the robbery)." “I try not to get emotional. It has been a huge challenge,” Walker’s mother Patricia Walker told WESH 2 Investigates in an exclusive interview. She’s been leading the fight to try and win a new trial for her son, or simply, a court-ordered release. “We have gone through a horrific challenge with regards to just an error,” she said. WESH 2 Investigates also spoke exclusively with Walker, by phone, from his confinement at Hardee Correctional Institution. “You know, justice is the search for truth. According to the standard of law, I should be released tomorrow. You know, I should be released without a shadow of a doubt,” he said.Walker's attorney, Kyle Fletcher, late Thursday filed a 149-page motion to set aside judgment and vacate Walker's sentence. If the motion is denied, he's hoping to persuade Judge Donna McIntosh Friday that a full deposition of Scott is needed and a full evidentiary hearing should be scheduled. “Obviously, if Mr. Scott testifies at the hearing that he basically lied at trial then I have pretty good confidence that, hey, we're probably going to get a new trial,” he said.