State Ex Rel. Smith v. McBride

How courts have described this case

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• noting due to strength of evidence against defendant, third party’s confession was unlikely to change verdict
• recognizing trial court has discretion to determine credibility of new evidence
• evaluating credibility of new evidence and strength of other evidence of guilt in determining whether admission of confession would change trial outcome
• addressing the requirements for granting a new trial based on newly-discovered evidence
• addressing the requirements for granting a new trial based on newly-discovered evidence
• describing “actual innocence” as term of art developed in federal jurisprudence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).