Supreme Court of Minnesota· 6/13/2002

Ferguson v. State

Citations

645 N.W.2d 437
2002 Minn. LEXIS 404
2002 WL 1291906

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holding that it was “quite possible, maybe even probable, that the jury might have reached a different verdict” when there was very little evidence tying the defendant to the crime outside of the recanted testimony
stating that a hearing is required when “facts [are alleged] that would, if proved by a fair preponderance of the evidence, entitle [one] to relief’
noting that Ferguson had requested a stay of his appeal to conduct further investigation into false-testimony claims
noting that Ferguson requested a stay of his appeal to conduct further investigation into a false-testimony claim
granting hearing based on notarized statement of a witness’s father that the witness had confessed that he testified falsely
stating that a petitioner requesting a new trial under the Larrison test is “entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a significantly lesser showing than what is required for [an appellate court] to grant him a new trial”

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Judges: Paul H. Anderson

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