Pearson v. State
After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. The district court sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment without the possibility of release for the first-degree premeditated murder conviction. This appeal concerned Defendant’s second petition for postconviction relief in which he raised claims alleging newly discovered evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel. The postconviction court summarily denied Defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and, after an evidentiary hearing, denied Defendant’s motion for a new trial based on his claim of newly discovered evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the postconviction court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Defendant’s request for a new trial based on a claim of newly discovered evidence and when it denied Defendant’s postconviction claims asserting ineffective assistance of counsel. View "Pearson v. State" on Justia Law