Legal Opinion
Griffin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1949No. 417PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This case was brought here under § 1254 (1) of Title 28 of the United States Code to review the dismissal by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia of an appeal from the denial of a motion for a new trial on the ground of evidence discovered after the petitioner had been convicted of murder in the first degree. 335 U. S. 866. The decisive issue is the admissibility of that evidence. The question arises not through its exclusion at trial but on a motion for a new trial in order to be able to introduce it as newly discovered.
The petitioner, Baxter Griffin, was convicted of the murder…
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