Penick v. Filion

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• finding recantation material where, if recanting witness’s trial testimony were not considered, or if he testified truthfully in accordance with his recantation, the jury could not have convicted petitioner of the charged armed robbery
• “Where, as here, the recantation is unsworn, and is repudiated by sworn testimony, there is an even greater need for skepticism.”

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