Granted. This case is remanded to the Fourth Circuit for reconsideration. The correct standard for determining the materiality of the evidence in this case is not the outcome-determinative test provided by La.C.Cr.P. art. 851(3) for the granting of new trials on the basis of newly discovered evidence, i.e., whether the petitioner has shown more probably than not a different result will follow a second trial in which all evidence material to the issue of guilt or punishment...
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