Polk County Nat. Bank of Bartow v. Shelton

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• noting that a petitioner would not be entitled to relief unless he at least “affirmatively prove[d] that he is probably innocent”
• finding that the petitioner opened the actual innocence gateway where another person testified under oath that he committed the offense and separately boasted to other individuals that he set-up the petitioner
• finding that the petitioner opened the actual innocence gateway where another person testified under oath that he committed the offense and separately boasted to other individuals that he set-up the petitioner
• finding that the petitioner opened the actual innocence gateway where another person testified under oath that he committed the offense and separately boasted to other individuals that he set-up the petitioner
• finding due process violation when prosecution failed to disclose exculpatory evidence relating to witness' history of untruthfulness and violent behavior
• deciding en banc that a stand-alone substantive actual innocence claim, if cognizable, requires an \extraordinarily high\ showing, stronger than what is required to establish insufficiency of the evidence to convict and going beyond demonstrating doubt about guilt

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