Shabazz v. State

Opinion

BORDEN, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal1 is whether the trial court, in deciding this petition for a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence, properly engaged in a credibility assessment of the proffered newly discovered evidence in order to determine whether it was likely to produce a different result in the event of a new trial. The petitioner, Abdullah Shabazz, appeals from the trial court’s judgment denying his petition for a new trial following his conviction for murder. *813The petitioner claims that the trial court improperly engaged in a credibility assessment of…