Martin v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of first-degree murder committed for the benefit of a gang and first-degree premeditated murder. Appellant was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, and the district court imposed a sentence of life without the possibility of release. The Supreme Court affirmed. Appellant later filed a petition for postconviction relief, alleging, inter alia, newly discovered evidence of the recantations of two witnesses. The Supreme Court remanded the case to the postconviction court for an evidentiary hearing on the witness recantation claim. Thereafter, Appellant filed a second petition for postconviction relief, alleging that his sentence was unconstitutional and that he was entitled to retroactive application of Miller v. Alabama. The postconviction court consolidated both matters, conducted an evidentiary hearing, and (1) denied Appellant’s witness recantation claim from his first postconviction petition, and (2) denied Appellant’s second postconviction petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Appellant was not entitled to a new trial on his witness recantation claim; and (2) Appellant’s second petition for postconviction relief was time-barred.
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