CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - NEW TRIAL - MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL FOR NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE - RECANTATION BY IMPORTANT WITNESS FOR THE STATE

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

After conviction of rape allegedly committed upon defendant's thirteen year old daughter, defendant, on motion for new trial, produced an affidavit of the daughter recanting the testimony against defendant which the daughter had given at the trial. Held, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to grant a new trial. Sutton v. State, (Ark. 1938) 122 S. W. (2d) 617.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - NEW TRIAL - MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL FOR NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE - RECANTATION BY IMPORTANT WITNESS FOR THE STATE, 37 Mich. L. Rev. 1143 (1939).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol37/iss7/20