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Dennis v. Commonwealth

FILED status graphic: Dennis v. Commonwealth. 171599 Dennis v. Commonwealth 02/21/2019 The Court of Appeals abused its discretion by dismissing a petition for a writ of actual innocence based on nonbiological evidence without referring the matter to a circuit court for an evidentiary hearing. In this case, the petitioner offered several previously unknown and untested witness affidavits in support of his petition for a writ of actual innocence based on nonbiological evidence, which the Commonwealth countered with previously unknown and unt…
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