DEAUVILLE REALTY CO., INC., AND DEAUVILLE ENTERPRISES, INC., APPELLANTS,
v.
SAMUEL H. TOBIN, INDIVIDUALLY AND DOING BUSINESS AS TOBIN & TOBIN, AND JOSEPH NORWOOD, APPELLEES

Fla. 3d DCA | 1959-05-14
No. 58-495
CARROLL, CHAS., C. J., and HORTON and PEARSON, JJ., concur.
111 So. 2d 743 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1959) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

This case involves an extraordinary petition for rehearing in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis, seeking to remand the case for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. The court denied the petition, finding the evidence was not newly discovered but rather forgotten evidence that was known to the appellants' attorney during the original trial.


Holding

No, forgotten evidence that was known to the appellant's attorney during the trial does not constitute newly discovered evidence that would justify a writ of error coram nobis.


Key Quotes

“The petition discloses that the evidence in question was in the possession and knowledge of an attorney who represented appellants in the transaction involved, and, therefore, was not unavailable during the trial.”

Establishes that the evidence was not newly discovered as it was known to the appellants' attorney.

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Appellants sought to have their case remanded for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. This evidence was in the possession and knowledge of…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Following affirmance of the judgment and denial of petition for rehearing, appellants have filed an extraordinary petition for rehearing in the nature of an application for a writ of error coram nobis, seeking to have the cause remanded to the trial court to move again there for a new trial on the ground of certain newly discovered evidence, bearing on an issue which was concluded by the verdicts and the judgment.

The petition discloses that the evidence in question was in the possession and knowledge of an attorney who represented appellants in the transaction involved, and, therefore, was not unavailable during the trial. It was not shown to be newly discovered evidence, but on the contrary, was forgotten evidence, now newly remembered.

On the showing made on this petition we hold that the movant is not entitled to the relief sought. See Vining v. American Bakeries Co., 121 Fla. 116, 163 So. 396; 121 Fla. 122, 163 So. 519; 7 Fla.Jur., Coram Nobis, §§ 10, et seq.

The extraordinary petition is denied.

CARROLL, CHAS., C. J., and HORTON and PEARSON, JJ., concur.


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