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22 Florida opinions name it 1 courts 2008–2026 9 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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Jimenez v. Stategreen2 sentences2023See Jimenez v. State, 997 So. 2d 1056, 1064 (Fla. 2008) (“To be considered timely filed as newly discovered evidence, the successive rule 3.851 motion was required to have been filed within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence.”). 2023“To be considered timely filed as newly discovered evidence, [a] successive rule 3.851 motion [i]s required to have been filed within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence.” James v. State, 323 So. 3d 158 , 160 (Fla. 2021) (quoting Jimenez v. State, 997 So. 2d 1056, 1064 (Fla. 2008)), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 1678 (2022). | 16 | 17 |
David Joseph Pittman v. State of Floridagreen2 sentences2026For Harvey to overcome the time bar, he must show that at the time of trial any “newly discovered evidence” was “unknown by the trial court, by the party, or by counsel . . . and it could not have been discovered through due diligence, and . . . that the evidence is of such a nature that it would probably . . . yield a less severe sentence on retrial.” Dillbeck v. State, 357 So. 3d 94 , 100 (Fla. 2023) (third omission in original) (quoting Dailey v. State, 329 So. 3d 1280 , 1285 (Fla. 2021)); see also Jones, 709 So. 2d at 521 (establishing the two-part test to set aside a conviction based on n 2023This Court has explained that an intellectual disability claim that is based on newly discovered evidence must be filed “within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence.” Pittman v. State, 337 So. 3d 776 , 777 (Fla. 2022); see also Bowles, 276 So. 3d at 794 (affirming summary denial of untimely intellectual disability claim). -7- Dillbeck’s claim depends on his ND-PAE diagnosis. | 2 | 3 |
Donald David Dillbeck v. State of Florida & Donald David Dillbeck v. Ricky D. Dixon, etc.green2 sentences2026For Harvey to overcome the time bar, he must show that at the time of trial any “newly discovered evidence” was “unknown by the trial court, by the party, or by counsel . . . and it could not have been discovered through due diligence, and . . . that the evidence is of such a nature that it would probably . . . yield a less severe sentence on retrial.” Dillbeck v. State, 357 So. 3d 94 , 100 (Fla. 2023) (third omission in original) (quoting Dailey v. State, 329 So. 3d 1280 , 1285 (Fla. 2021)); see also Jones, 709 So. 2d at 521 (establishing the two-part test to set aside a conviction based on n 2026For Harvey to overcome the time bar, he must show that at the time of trial any “newly discovered evidence” was “unknown by the trial court, by the party, or by counsel . . . and it could not have been discovered through due diligence, and . . . that the evidence is of such a nature that it would probably . . . yield a less severe sentence on retrial.” Dillbeck v. State, 357 So. 3d 94 , 100 (Fla. 2023) (third omission in original) (quoting Dailey v. State, 329 So. 3d 1280 , 1285 (Fla. 2021)); see also Jones, 709 So. 2d at 521 (establishing the two-part test to set aside a conviction based on n | 2 | 3 |
Mills v. Stategreen2 sentences2018"To be considered timely filed as newly discovered evidence, the rule 3.851 motion was required to have been filed within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence." Jimenez , 997 So.2d at 1064 (citing Mills v. State , 684 So.2d 801 , 804-05 (Fla. 1996) ). *478 If Jimenez is correct that the claims in his sixth successive postconviction motion do, in fact, arise from newly discovered evidence (which, as addressed below, they do not) and are, therefore, timely (which, as addressed below, they are not), several standards nevertheless stand between Jimene 2018“To be considered timely filed as newly discovered evidence, the rule 3.851 motion was required to have been filed within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence.” Jimenez, 997 So. 2d at 1064 (citing Mills v. State, 684 So. 2d 801 , 804- 05 (Fla. 1996)). | 1 | 2 |
Jones v. Stategreen1 sentence2026For Harvey to overcome the time bar, he must show that at the time of trial any “newly discovered evidence” was “unknown by the trial court, by the party, or by counsel . . . and it could not have been discovered through due diligence, and . . . that the evidence is of such a nature that it would probably . . . yield a less severe sentence on retrial.” Dillbeck v. State, 357 So. 3d 94 , 100 (Fla. 2023) (third omission in original) (quoting Dailey v. State, 329 So. 3d 1280 , 1285 (Fla. 2021)); see also Jones, 709 So. 2d at 521 (establishing the two-part test to set aside a conviction based on n | 1 | 1 |
Gary Ray Bowles v. State of Florida and Gary Ray Bowles v. Mark S. Inch, etc.green1 sentence2023This Court has explained that an intellectual disability claim that is based on newly discovered evidence must be filed “within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence.” Pittman v. State, 337 So. 3d 776 , 777 (Fla. 2022); see also Bowles, 276 So. 3d at 794 (affirming summary denial of untimely intellectual disability claim). -7- Dillbeck’s claim depends on his ND-PAE diagnosis. | 1 | 1 |
Henry v. Stategreen1 sentence2023The declaration and resolution that Melton argues are newly discovered evidence largely rely on pre-2021 studies and, in fact, the declaration recognizes that in 2015 the majority of the neuroscientific community accepted that the human brain was not fully developed until late adolescence. “ ‘[N]ew opinions or research studies based on a compilation or analysis of previously existing data and scientific information’ are not generally considered newly discovered evidence.” Dillbeck v. State, 357 So. 3d 94 , 99 (Fla. 2023) (alteration in original) (quoting Henry v. State, 125 So. 3d 745, 750 (Fl | 1 | 1 |
Foster v. Stategreen1 sentence2023The declaration and resolution that Melton argues are newly discovered evidence largely rely on pre-2021 studies and, in fact, the declaration recognizes that in 2015 the majority of the neuroscientific community accepted that the human brain was not fully developed until late adolescence. “ ‘[N]ew opinions or research studies based on a compilation or analysis of previously existing data and scientific information’ are not generally considered newly discovered evidence.” Dillbeck v. State, 357 So. 3d 94 , 99 (Fla. 2023) (alteration in original) (quoting Henry v. State, 125 So. 3d 745, 750 (Fl | 1 | 1 |
Donald David Dillbeck v. State of Floridagreen1 sentence2022See Dillbeck v. State, 304 So. 3d 286 , 288 (Fla. 2020). | 1 | 1 |
Robert Joe Long v. State of Floridagreen2 sentences2017We note that Duckett’s case was not included in the 2014 OIG Report. -8- a conclusion that a hair came from a single person to the exclusion of anyone else.” Id. 2017See Jimenez v. State, 997 So. 2d 1056, 1064 (Fla. 2008) (“To be considered timely filed as newly discovered evidence, [a] successive rule 3.851 motion [is] required to have been filed within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence.”); see also Long v. State, 183 So. 3d 342, 347 (Fla. 2016) (“Therefore, because Long failed to timely file this motion after he was first notified as to the problems with Malone and his inadequate forensic work, we find that the postconviction court’s summary denial was proper.”). | 1 | 1 |
Clark v. Stategreen1 sentence2013Further, “[t]o be considered timely filed as newly discovered evidence, the successive 3.851 motion was required to have been filed within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence.” Jimenez v. State, 997 So.2d 1056, 1064 (Fla.2008); Clark v. State, 35 So.3d 880, 892 (Fla.2010) (citing rule 3.851(d)(2)(A) in holding that “[cjlaims of newly discovered evidence must be raised within one year of the time of discovery.”). | 1 | 1 |
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James Milton Dailey v. State of Florida
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1 sentence2026For Harvey to overcome the time bar, he must show that at the time of trial any “newly discovered evidence” was “unknown by the trial court, by the party, or by counsel . . . and it could not have been discovered through due diligence, and . . . that the evidence is of such a nature that it would probably . . . yield a less severe sentence on retrial.” Dillbeck v. State, 357 So. 3d 94 , 100 (Fla. 2023) (third omission in original) (quoting Dailey v. State, 329 So. 3d 1280 , 1285 (Fla. 2021)); see also Jones, 709 So. 2d at 521 (establishing the two-part test to set aside a conviction based on n | 1 | 2026–2026 |
Edward T. James v. State of Florida
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1 sentence2023“To be considered timely filed as newly discovered evidence, [a] successive rule 3.851 motion [i]s required to have been filed within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence.” James v. State, 323 So. 3d 158 , 160 (Fla. 2021) (quoting Jimenez v. State, 997 So. 2d 1056, 1064 (Fla. 2008)), cert. denied, 142 S. Ct. 1678 (2022). | 1 | 2023–2023 |
Melton v. State
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1 sentence2023Melton, 638 So. 2d at 929 . -4- Melton’s motion is not timely because it was not filed within one year of the date upon which the claim became discoverable through due diligence. | 1 | 2023–2023 |
Jeremiah M. Rodgers v. State of Florida
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1 sentence2021“To be considered timely filed as newly discovered evidence, [a] successive rule 3.851 motion [i]s required to [be] filed within one year of the date upon which the claim bec[omes] discoverable through due diligence.” Rodgers v. State, 288 So. 3d 1038 , 1039 (Fla. 2019) (quoting Jimenez v. State, 997 So. 2d 1056, 1064 (Fla. 2008)). | 1 | 2021–2021 |
Brady v. Maryland
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2 sentences2018Brady The first standard at issue in this appeal applies to Jimenez's claims that information contained in NMPD's 2018 post-warrant disclosure shows violations of Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 , 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), as well as the State's discovery obligations under the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. 2018Brady The first standard at issue in this appeal applies to Jimenez's claims that information contained in NMPD's 2018 post-warrant disclosure shows violations of Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 , 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), as well as the State's discovery obligations under the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.