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People v. Jarrett

Citations

  • 399 Ill. App. 3d 715
  • 927 N.E.2d 754
  • 340 Ill. Dec. 15
  • 2010 Ill. App. LEXIS 214

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  • holding that “evidence is not ‘newly discovered’ when it presents facts already known to a defendant at or prior to trial”
  • holding that facts known to the defendant prior to trial do not constitute newly discovered evidence merely because the defendant was not aware of potential witnesses
  • finding the undisclosed evidence was not material where the evidence - 23 - 1-16-1797 demonstrated the defendant and his codefendant were the initial aggressors and did not act in self-defense
  • where affidavits did not dispute that codefendant fired the first shots, they did not support successive postconviction claim of self-defense and were not of conclusive character
  • “evidence is not ‘newly discovered’ when it presents facts already known to a defendant at or prior to trial, even if the source of these facts may have been unknown, unavailable, or uncooperative”
  • “evidence is not ‘newly discovered’ when it presents facts already known to a defendant at or prior to trial, even if the source of these facts may have been unknown, unavailable, or uncooperative”

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Judges: Frossard

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