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STATE v. IENG

No. 38204-7-I.

942 P.2d 1091 (1997)

87 Wash.App. 873

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Kea Heng IENG, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Jane Ferguson, Seattle, for Appellant.

Lisa Marie Marchese, King County Prosecuting Attorney, Appellate Division, Seattle, for Respondent.

COX, Judge.

A person who is convicted of a crime is not entitled to a new trial solely because a key prosecution witness recants important trial testimony.1 If the recantation is not credible, then it is not material, and an essential factor that would support a new trial is missing.2 Here, Kea Ieng, who was convicted of first degree murder, fails to show that the trial court abused its discretion by deciding...

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