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Sentence Modification – Newly Discovered Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//October 12, 2016//

Sentence Modification – Newly Discovered Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//October 12, 2016//

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Case No.: 2015AP1194

Officials: Reilly, P.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Sentence Modification – Newly Discovered Evidence

Edward Leon Jackson, Sr., appeals pro se from an order denying his postconviction motions seeking a new trial based on newly discovered evidence and sentence modification based on new factors. We affirm the order, as the supporting affidavit to which Jackson points may have been newly discovered but the information in it is not, so he is not entitled to a second trial. Likewise, the facts he claims are new factors are not new and so do not warrant sentence modification.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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