Opinion ID: 1621897
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: refusal to allow additional evidence

Text: Kinder claims that the motion court clearly erred when it closed the evidence and denied motions for reconsideration. Specifically, Kinder argues that he was denied a full and fair hearing because he was prevented from calling his brother and his brother's wife, Sherri, as witnesses. On February 10, 1995, the motion court did in fact grant a motion to hold open the evidence to present the testimony of Kevin and Sherri Kinder, and directed that notice of the witnesses' availability be furnished to the court and the State by Friday, March 31, 1995. The notice was not filed until April 3, 1995, and on that same day the court entered an order closing the evidence because the notice was untimely. Kinder's subsequent motions for reconsideration were denied. The only excuse for the late filing was that counsel waited until March 31, 1995 to send the notice, and then was unsuccessful in transmitting the fax. Based on this record, the motion court's order closing the evidence was not error.