State v. Gautier, 98-1573 (1999)

DECISION

Before this Court is the State's Motion for Relief from Judgment pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure 60 (b). The State seeks relief from a judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Jacques Gautier, in a probation violation hearing. The State bases its motion on newly discovered evidence which it claims, by due diligence, could not have been discovered prior to the completion of the violation hearing.

FACTS/TRAVEL

On July 21, 1998, Mr. Gautier entered pleas of nolo contendere to charges of delivery of cocaine and conspiracy to deliver cocaine. He was sentenced on each count to ten…