Is a new trial not required where newly discovered evidence is only "possibly useful to the defense but not likely to change the verdict"?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Multani, B270411 (Cal. App. 2018):

[citation]; see also Giglio v. United States [(1972)] 405 U.S. [150], 154 (new trial not required where newly discovered evidence is merely "possibly useful to the defense but not likely to have changed the verdict").' [Citation.]" (Salazar, supra, 35 Cal.4th at p. 1050.)

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