WEIMER, Justice.
The determinative issue in this appeal of a capital murder case is whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence. Finding the matter warrants such relief, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
On September 3, 1997, defendant Antoine Watts was arrested for the August 29, 1997 murder of Cecilia Colona, a 75-year-old resident of Tangipahoa Parish. A grand jury indicted defendant...
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