Townsend Will’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
June 1986
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Commonwealth v. Clanton · Bailey's Estate · Hagopian v. Eskandarian · Commonwealth v. Schuck
Most-quoted passages
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“In order to justify the grant of a new trial on the basis of after-discovered evidence, the evidence must have been discovered after the trial and must be such that it could not have been obtained at the trial by reasonable diligence, must not be cumulative or merely impeach credi bility, and must be such as would likely compel a different result. (Citations omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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