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State v. Singleton

Citations

  • 853 S.W.2d 490
  • 1993 Tenn. LEXIS 161

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  • “[I]f the impeaching evidence is so crucial to the defendant’s guilt or innocence that its admission will probably result in an acquittal, a new trial may be ordered.”
  • newly discovered impeachment evidence is a proper basis for a new trial only where it is so crucial to the question of guilt or innocence that its admission would likely result in an acquittal

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Judges: Daughtrey, Reid, Drowota, Anderson, O'Brien

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