Moss v. State

GREEN, Judge.

Derrick Moss was convicted of strong-arm robbery after a jury trial. He thereafter timely filed a motion for new trial pursuant to Rule 3.600(a)(2), Fla.R.Crim.P. and asserted that although the state’s evidence may have been legally sufficient to support a conviction, the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence. The trial court’s denial of this motion is the sole issue on this appeal.

Under Rule 3.600(a)(2), a trial court in a criminal proceeding is permitted to grant a new trial if it determines that “[t]he verdict is contrary to law or the weight of the…