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conclusiveness test in Florida

5 Florida opinions name it 2 courts 1981–1996 0 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.

Followed or applied (2)

CaseFollowedCited
Hallman v. Stategreen
fla · 1979 · cited in 4 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1983–1996
2 sentences

1996In Jones, this Court receded from the conclusiveness test for newly discovered evidence reaffirmed in Hallman v. State, 371 So.2d 482 (Fla. 1979), [9] and adopted the same probability test that is set forth in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.600(a)(3). [10] As a result of Jones , the ten-day time limit for filing a motion for new trial set forth in Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.590(a) is rendered meaningless unless courts stringently test what is *743 alleged to be "newly discovered evidence." [11] I conclude that Swafford failed to meet the burden associated with newly discovered

1988However, I agree with Justice Overton's dissents in Riley v. State, 433 So.2d 976 (Fla.1988), and Hallman v. State, 371 So.2d 482 (Fla.1979), which reject the conclusiveness test in the review of petitions for writ of error coram nobis.

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Tibbs v. Stategreen
fla · 1981 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1981–1981
1 sentence

1981The use of "interests of justice" in the coram nobis context must be carefully distinguished from its use in the context of an appellate court recognizing fundamental error on appeal, see cases cited at n. 14 in Tibbs v. State, 397 So.2d 1120, 1126 (1981), or from its use in Tibbs itself.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (6)

CaseCitedYears
Riley v. State green
fla · 1983
1 sentence

1988However, I agree with Justice Overton's dissents in Riley v. State, 433 So.2d 976 (Fla.1988), and Hallman v. State, 371 So.2d 482 (Fla.1979), which reject the conclusiveness test in the review of petitions for writ of error coram nobis.

11988–1988
Tafero v. State green
fladistctapp · 1981
2 sentences

1983Judge Pearson, in Tafero v. State, 406 So.2d 89 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), a case cited by the majority, recognized the "serious problem presented by employing a coram nobis sufficiency test to the totally different question of whether the death penalty would have been imposed" in view of the Fifth Circuit's decision in Stephens v. Zant, 631 F.2d 397 (5th Cir.1980), cert. granted, 454 U.S. 814 , 102 S.Ct. 90 , 70 L.Ed.2d 82 (1981). 406 So.2d at 95 n. 13.

1983Judge Pearson, in Tafero v. State, 406 So.2d 89 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), a case cited by the majority, recognized the "serious problem presented by employing a coram nobis sufficiency test to the totally different question of whether the death penalty would have been imposed" in view of the Fifth Circuit's decision in Stephens v. Zant, 631 F.2d 397 (5th Cir.1980), cert. granted, 454 U.S. 814 , 102 S.Ct. 90 , 70 L.Ed.2d 82 (1981). 406 So.2d at 95 n. 13.

11983–1983
Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens v. Walter Zant, Superintendent green
ca5 · 1980
1 sentence

1983Judge Pearson, in Tafero v. State, 406 So.2d 89 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), a case cited by the majority, recognized the "serious problem presented by employing a coram nobis sufficiency test to the totally different question of whether the death penalty would have been imposed" in view of the Fifth Circuit's decision in Stephens v. Zant, 631 F.2d 397 (5th Cir.1980), cert. granted, 454 U.S. 814 , 102 S.Ct. 90 , 70 L.Ed.2d 82 (1981). 406 So.2d at 95 n. 13.

11983–1983
United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson green
scotus · 1981
1 sentence

1983Judge Pearson, in Tafero v. State, 406 So.2d 89 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), a case cited by the majority, recognized the "serious problem presented by employing a coram nobis sufficiency test to the totally different question of whether the death penalty would have been imposed" in view of the Fifth Circuit's decision in Stephens v. Zant, 631 F.2d 397 (5th Cir.1980), cert. granted, 454 U.S. 814 , 102 S.Ct. 90 , 70 L.Ed.2d 82 (1981). 406 So.2d at 95 n. 13.

11983–1983
Blum v. Yaretsky green
scotus · 1981
1 sentence

1983Judge Pearson, in Tafero v. State, 406 So.2d 89 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), a case cited by the majority, recognized the "serious problem presented by employing a coram nobis sufficiency test to the totally different question of whether the death penalty would have been imposed" in view of the Fifth Circuit's decision in Stephens v. Zant, 631 F.2d 397 (5th Cir.1980), cert. granted, 454 U.S. 814 , 102 S.Ct. 90 , 70 L.Ed.2d 82 (1981). 406 So.2d at 95 n. 13.

11983–1983
Diedrich v. Commissioner green
scotus · 1981
1 sentence

1983Judge Pearson, in Tafero v. State, 406 So.2d 89 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), a case cited by the majority, recognized the "serious problem presented by employing a coram nobis sufficiency test to the totally different question of whether the death penalty would have been imposed" in view of the Fifth Circuit's decision in Stephens v. Zant, 631 F.2d 397 (5th Cir.1980), cert. granted, 454 U.S. 814 , 102 S.Ct. 90 , 70 L.Ed.2d 82 (1981). 406 So.2d at 95 n. 13.

11983–1983

Where else courts name it

CA 7 (1936–2014) IL 5 (1981–2026) FL 5 (1981–1996) NY 3 (1954–1986) NJ 3 (1881–1984) TX 3 (1885–1945) KY 2 (1957–1966) GA 2 (1963–1997) MO 2 (1929–2023)

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.

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