State v. Jackson
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The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the circuit court denying Defendant's motion for postconviction relief, holding that Defendant was entitled to a Machner hearing regarding one of his postconviction claims.
After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of homicide. In his postconviction motion, Defendant argued that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to contact two potential alibi witnesses or call them at trial. The circuit court denied the postconviction motion without holding a hearing. The Supreme Court reversed in part and remanded the case to the circuit court with instructions to grant Defendant a hearing on his claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate or call two alibi witnesses, holding that Defendant's motion alleged sufficient facts that, if true, would entitle him to relief and that the record failed conclusively to establish that Defendant was not entitled to relief.
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