Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Lewis v. Keane

523 U.S. 1123

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1998-05-18
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • permitting defendant to pass through Schlup gateway for evidentiary hearing where key witness recanted trial testimony
  • "On a gateway claim of actual innocence, a federal court must consider all the evidence to make its own determination whether there is a sufficient showing to justify consideration of a petitioner’s otherwise barred claimsf.]”

Citator

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.