Illinois Supreme Court· 9/23/2004

People v. Morgan

Citations

817 N.E.2d 524
212 Ill. 2d 148
288 Ill. Dec. 166
2004 Ill. LEXIS 1021

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stating that because “the recantation of testimony is regarded as inherently unreliable[,] *** the courts will not grant a new trial on that basis except in extraordinary circumstances”
explaining that it is the circuit court’s role to assess the credibility of recantation testimony and that it is proper for the court to reject testimony that it finds not credible
noting that recantation of eyewitness’s trial testimony seventeen years after defendant’s conviction was “newly discovered” where it “was not available at defendant’s original trial and . . . the defendant could not have discovered it sooner through diligence”
agreeing with the State’s argument that defendant’s “evidence was not of such conclusive character that it would probably change the result on retrial”
stating newly discovered evidence is “of such conclusive character that it would probably change the result on retrial”
finding no manifest error where record facts and circuit court’s observations supported rejection of recantation testimony

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