Miles v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction on direct appeal. Defendant subsequently filed several petitions for postconviction relief. Defendant's fourth petition for postconviction relief alleged that new evidence, an unsworn statement by an alleged eyewitness to the murder, entitled him to a new trial. After an evidentiary hearing, the postconviction court denied Defendant's fourth petition for postconviction relief. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the postconviction court (1) did not err in denying Defendant a new trial based on new evidence; (2) did not abuse its discretion in how it handled evidence that Defendant submitted after the evidentiary hearing; and (3) did not err in refusing to grant relief in the interests of justice.
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