Alfred Cleveland v. Margaret Bradshaw

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Souter “suggests” that newly presented evidence is sufficient”
• “In sum, the fact that [the recanting witness] had no motive to recant his testimony but instead sought to do so on his own free will, and has not subsequently withdrawn that testimony, lends it credibility.”
• “Under the district court’s reasoning, Green’s affidavit was ‘available’ to Lloyd at the time of his trial. However, this had no effect on the Court’s determination that the information contained in Green’s affidavit constituted new evidence.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).