Monongalia General Hospital v. William James and James H. Straight

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• holding that “newspaper articles do not meet the definition of ‘evidence’ because they are merely the reporter’s version of facts and are not admissible at trial.”
• explaining that, allegations or accusations contained in a criminal indictment, or criminal charges, are not evidence
• stating that a federal civil rights complaint is a pleading asserting allegations or accusations and does not meet the definition of admissible, relevant evidence
• explaining that, allegations or accusations contained in a criminal indictment, or criminal charges, are not evidence
• finding that “allegations about an unrelated person in an unrelated case” did not constitute after-discovered evidence
• stating that, even if the allegations contained in an indictment or criminal complaint were “evidence,” a petitioner would still not satisfy the after-discovered evidence test because the alleged evidence would be used solely for impeachment purposes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).