State v. Moreland

OPINION

SERNA, Justice.

{1} Today we consider whether the trial court erred when it granted Defendant’s motion for new trial (1) fourteen months after it was filed and (2) based on newly-discovered evidence. We hold that, based on the unusual facts and circumstances of this case, Defendant has presented newly-discovered evidence upon which he was properly granted a new trial. We therefore affirm the Court of Appeals.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

{2} On January 28, 2003, Defendant and his live-in fiancée were high on methamphetamine. She subsequently accused him of attacking her on…