State v. Williams

STEPHAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant has appealed from a judgment of conviction and a sentence of twenty-five years’ imprisonment for robbery in the first degree. After the notice of appeal was filed, defendant filed a motion in this Court requesting that jurisdiction be “returned” to the trial court for the purpose of hearing a motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence.

The evidence is detailed in the motion filed in this Court. Although we do not set it forth here, we note that, if believed, the newly discovered evidence would completely exonerate defendant of any complicity in…