Ferguson v. State

OPINION

PAUL H. ANDERSON, Justice.

In 1996, petitioner Alonzo Ferguson was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. We affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. Ferguson later petitioned for post-conviction relief, but the postconviction court denied the petition without an evi-dentiary hearing. Ferguson appealed the postconviction decision and then moved this court to stay that appeal because of the discovery of new information about the possible false testimony of a witness. We granted Ferguson’s motion and Ferguson then filed an amended petition for…