McKenzie v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder. The Supreme Court affirmed. Appellant later filed his current petition for postconviction relief alleging that a witness had recanted his trial testimony. After an evidentiary hearing to determine the credibility of the alleged recantation, the postconviction court denied the petition, concluding that “it was not well satisfied that the trial witness’s testimony was false.” The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Appellant failed to prove that the State substantially interfered with the decisions of Appellant’s witnesses about whether to testify at the postconviction hearing; and (2) the postconviction court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to grant use immunity to Appellant’s witnesses or by finding that Appellant presented insufficient evidence to warrant a new trial.
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