JEAN RENEL PAUL, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Jean Renel Paul appeals his judgment and sentence, contending that the trial court erred by applying an incorrect legal standard to his motion for new trial. We agree and remand for further consideration of Paul’s new trial motion.
The proper standard of review to address a defendant’s motion for new trial is whether the verdict is against the weight of the evidence. See Lee v. State, 117 So.3d 848, 849 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013); Santiago v. State, 874 So.2d 617, 625 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). However, in this case, the trial court denied Paul’s motion for a new trial using the sufficiency of the evidence standard. We therefore reverse and remand for the trial court to consider Paul’s motion for new trial pursuant to the weight of the evidence standard. See Loudermilk v. State, 211 So.3d 356, 356 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
COHEN, C.J., ORFINGER and BERGER, JJ,, concur.
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- Santiago v. State, 874 So. 2d 617 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)
- Cherryl L. Gaschler v. State, 117 So. 3d 848 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013)
- LEE v. State, 117 So. 3d 848 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013)
- Loudermilk v. State, 211 So. 3d 356 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017)