Ruben Ortega v. George Duncan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing \factfinder's unique ability to assess the witness\ in making credibility determination
• “We are ... left with the firm belief that but for Garner’s trial testimony, it is unlikely that the jury would have convicted Ortega.”
• although the district court committed clear error in determining that recanter had testified truthfully at trial, this was not sufficient, in and of itself, to grant habeas relief

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).