ZOLACHE v. STATE

No. 93-3604.

657 So.2d 25 (1995)

Catalino ZOLACHE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tanja Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan L. Greenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, Judge.

By one view of the facts at trial and the showing made at the hearings on the motion for new trial on newly discovered evidence, this case may appear to involve a wrongfully convicted, innocent man. But the trial judge did not think so. Because there is record evidence from which he could have properly concluded that the newly discovered evidence is not sufficiently reliable and authentic, we are unable to disturb his decision denying a new trial.<...

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