Rolle v. State

ADKINS, Judge.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal certified to this Court the following question as one of great public importance:

In order to be entitled to an evidentia-ry hearing upon a petition for writ of error coram nobis predicated upon the recent discovery of additional evidence, must a showing be made that the defendant would have been entitled to a dismissal or directed verdict of acquittal had the new evidence been considered at the original trial?

Rolle v. State, 451 So.2d 497 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla.Const.

Rolle filed a petition in the…