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State v. Miller

Citations

  • 833 P.2d 1040
  • 253 Mont. 395
  • 49 State Rptr. 481
  • 1992 Mont. LEXIS 144

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  • applying abuse of discretion standard and ruling that a new trial is required only when the court is satisfied that the recantation is true
  • applying abuse of discretion standard and ruling that a new trial is required only when the court is satisfied that the recantation is true
  • reaffirming adoption of the “prevailing judicial attitude that recanting testimony is to be viewed with great suspicion,” and determining that a court hearing a request to withdraw an Alford plea should grant the request “only when the court is satisfied that the recantation is true”

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Judges: Gray, Harrison, Hunt, McDonough, Weber

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