CLARENCE E. RHYNES, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

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• Kevan Boyles v. A & G Concrete Pools, Inc., 149 So. 3d 39 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014)
  …ne or the order granting it. It was admissible evidence, and no error occurred in its admission. II. Denial of the Motion for New Trial Generally, an order denying a motion for new trial is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. Collins v. Douglass, 874 So. 2d 629, 681 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004); Smith v. Brown, 525 So. 2d 868, 869 (Fla.1988). A trial court has discretionary authority to order a new trial when the verdict is contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. Brown v. Estate of Stuckey, 749 So. 2d 490…
• Negron v. Hessing, 186 So. 3d 1139 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016)
  …ties are present to hear the order”). Accordingly, once the trial, judge orally ruled on Plaintiffs’ motion for new trial, both the trial judge and successive judge were without authority to thereafter reconsider the matter. See Collins v. Douglass, 874 So. 2d 629, 630 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004) (holding that “following the initial denial of the motions for new trial or additur, the trial court was without authority to rehear the matter”). We likewise bring to the attention of the trial court that, in any event, on…