Supreme Court of Florida· 6/29/2006

Archer v. State

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934 So. 2d 1187
2006 WL 1766760

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affirming denial of postconviction relief \because a recantation which is not credible would not produce an acquittal or a life sentence on retrial\
rejecting rationale that the affidavit of a recanting witness cannot be considered “newly discovered” because defendant knew at the time of the trial that the witness was lying
noting that recantations are “exceedingly unreliable”
“A recantation will not be considered newly discovered evidence where the recantation offers nothing new or where the recantation is offered by an untrustworthy individual who gave inconsistent statements all along.”
“[T]he prosecutor is charged with possession of what the State possesses.... ”
affirming the postconviction court’s finding that Bon-ifay was not credible

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