Moore v. State

Defendant was convicted of robbing and killing Johnny Parrish and burning down Parrish's house. The trial court sentenced Defendant to death for the first-degree murder conviction. Defendant subsequently filed two postconviction motions and two additional petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, all of which were denied. Defendant then instituted this second successive postconviction motion, raising three claims. After an evidentiary hearing, the postconviction court denied relief. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Defendant failed to meet his burden to demonstrate that the State knowingly presented false or misleading evidence that it failed to correct at Defendant's trial in violation of Giglio v. United States; and (2) Defendant failed to show that newly discovered evidence was of "such a nature that it would probably produce an acquittal on retrial." View "Moore v. State" on Justia Law