People of Michigan v. Robin Emanuel Hammock

Summary

The Court vacated the circuit court's orders denying relief from judgment and remanded for an evidentiary hearing on defendant's newly discovered-evidence claim. It held that the trial court abused its discretion by evaluating the affidavit without considering it alongside the trial evidence, particularly the evidence casting doubt on the surviving eyewitness's account. The trial court must first determine whether a reasonable juror could find the new testimony credible and, if so, whether the combined evidence makes a different result probable on retrial.