State v. Wright

Defendant-appellant Cedric Wright appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, based upon newly-discovered evidence. Wright submitted an affidavit from one of the witnesses against him at trial, in which the witness recanted his testimony. The affidavit was accompanied by a letter from the witness, to the trial judge, stating that: "Cedric Wright did not know until this date, July 3,1989 that I was going to make a notarized statement, and the contents of that statement."

The trial court denied Wright's motion for a new trial, without a hearing, upon the grounds that Wright had failed…