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· 5/23/1995

Saulter v. State

Citations

  • 47 Ill. Ct. Cl. 152
  • 1995 Ill. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 9

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that, where two other eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the gunman who killed the victim, \extensive corroboration of [recanting witness's] trial testimony convinces the Court that his original account of the [victim's] murder was truthful\
  • noting that, where two other eyewitnesses identified the defendant as the gunman who killed the victim, “extensive corroboration of [recanting witness’s] trial testimony convinces the Court that his original account of the [victim’s] murder was truthful”
  • construing claim that recanting affidavit would result in acquittal if presented at new trial as Section 2255 claim
  • \the Court finds that [recanting witness's] identification of [another person] as the ... shooter eleven years after the trial is totally unbelievable\ where the recanting witness had admitted to perjuring himself in the past and where the court doubted his explanation for recanting
  • “the Court finds that [recanting witness’s] identification of [another person] as the . . . shooter eleven years after the trial is totally unbelievable” where the recanting witness had admitted to perjuring himself in the past and where the court doubted his explanation for recanting

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Judges: Patchett

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