Legal Opinion
In re Miles
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided January 19, 2017No. G046534PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, ACTING P.J.
"The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume."-Thomas Jefferson.
Guy Miles is in state prison for 75 years to life. A jury convicted him of armed robbery and he has been in custody for almost 19 years. For all of those years, Miles has claimed that he was wrongfully convicted. But he has now presented "new evidence" to this court that is of "such decisive force and value that it would have more likely than not changed the outcome at trial." (Pen. Code, § 1473, subd. (b)(3)(A).)1
Thus, Miles has…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- People v. LedesmaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1987
- In Re ClarkCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by1 opinion
- (HC) Casillas v. Secretary of CorrectionsDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2019