Merrill v. Warden

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[a] new trial is required if the false testimony could in any reasonable likelihood have influenced the jury”
• \The fact that [the witness] was a key witness made his credibility crucial to the state's case. In assessing his credibility the jury [was] entitled to know that he was testifying under false colors. Such knowledge could have affected the result.\
• ‘‘The fact that [the witness] was a key witness made his credibility crucial to the state’s case. In assessing his credibility the jury [was] entitled to know that he was testifying under false colors. Such knowledge could have affected the result.’’
• The fact that [the witness] was a key witness made his credibility crucial to the state’s case. In assessing his credibility the jury [was] entitled to know that he was testifying under false colors. Such knowledge could have affected the result.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).