State v. Gavin

*375{¶ 1} Ronald E. Gavin appeals the judgment denying his motion for leave to file a motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence. First Gavin asserts that the trial court erred by denying his motion without conducting an evidentiary hearing. Gavin was aware of the existence of some of the grounds supporting his delayed motion for new trial before his trial. Likewise, he knew of the grounds supporting his motion since at least the summer of 2015, when two of the four affidavits upon which he supported his motion were executed. However, he delayed until nearly two years later, in May…