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Larrison Rule

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Larrison rule, means the doctrine that a defendant may be entitled to a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence of false testimony by a government witness if the jury might have reached a different conclusion without the evidence and it unfairly surprised the defendant at trial, Larrison v. United States, 24 F.2d 82.

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