890 So. 2d 188 - Farris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““(e) Newly discovered material facts exist which require that the conviction or sentence be vacated by the court, because: “(1) The facts relied upon were not known by the petitioner or the petitioner’s counsel at the time of trial or sentencing or in time to file a posttrial motion pursuant to Rule 24, or in time to be included in any previous collateral proceeding and could not have been discovered by any of those times through the exercise of reasonable diligence; “(2) The facts are not merely cumulative to other facts that were known; “(3) The facts do not merely amount to impeachment evidence; “(4) If the facts had been known at the time of trial or of sentencing, the result probably would have been different; and “(5) The facts establish that the petitioner is innocent of the crime for which the petitioner was convicted or should not have received the sentence that the petitioner received.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 89 So. 3d 720 - Ex Parte Ward, 1090132 (Ala. 6-3-2011)

2. ““ ‘Black’s Law Dictionary 755 (7th ed.1999) defines “impeach” as “[t]o discredit the veracity of (a witness).” The evidence is not impeaching in that Banks did not seek to discredit the veracity of any witnesses. Rather, the results of the [medical test] served to controvert, that is, disputed the State’s witnesses’s findings and opinions, not their credibility.’””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 89 So. 3d 720 - Ex Parte Ward, 1090132 (Ala. 6-3-2011)