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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Nos 154128, 154130. Calendar No. 2.

918 N.W.2d 676 (2018)

502 Mich. 541

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Justly Ernest JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant. People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kendrick Scott, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 23, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette, Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom, Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy, Prosecuting Attorney, Jason W. Williams, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and David A. McCreedy, Lead Appellate Attorney, for the people.

Michigan Innocence Clinic (by Imran J. Syed, David A. Moran, Detroit, and Rebecca L. Hahn) for defendants.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH (except McCormack and Wilder, JJ.)

OPINION

In these consolidated cases, we consider whether the trial court erred by declining to grant new trials following defendants' motions for relief from judgment. After weighing the evidence presented at the trials along with defendants' claims of newly discovered evidence, we hold that the evidence in the form of testimony...

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