Case Name: Ramona TAVIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-05-04
Citations: 909 So. 2d 910
Docket Number: No. 3D04-415
Parties: Ramona TAVIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, WELLS, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 909
Pages: 910–910

Head Matter:
Ramona TAVIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D04-415.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 4, 2005.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 26, 2005.
Ramona Tavia, in proper person.
Charles J. Crist, Attorney General, and Jennifer Falcone Moore, Assistant Attorney General for appellee.
Before COPE, WELLS, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

Opinion:
WELLS, Judge.
Ramona Tavia appeals from the denial of a 3.850 motion following an evidentiary hearing on Tavia's claim that newly discovered evidence entitled her to a new trial. We affirm because the trial court's conclusion that the new evidence lacks credibility is supported by competent substantial evidence. See Jones v. State, 709 So.2d 512, 521-22 (Fla.1998) (stating that in determining whether newly discovered evidence would probably produce an acquittal on retrial, a trial court must consider both admissibility and the weight to be accorded to the new evidence); Blanco v. State, 702 So.2d 1250, 1252 (Fla.1997) (stating that a lower court's credibility determinations will not be overturned if supported by competent substantial evidence).