Court dismissed criminal appeal for failure to prove new evidence sufficient to overturn final conviction.
Estonia (EE)
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AI generatedThe court dismissed the criminal appeal filed by the defendant against the final conviction. The appellant argued that new evidence discovered after the judgment should have led to a retrial, but the court found this argument unpersuasive. The decision relied on the principle that a final judgment stands unless the new evidence is of such gravity that it could not have been discovered earlier with reasonable diligence.
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AI generateds. 24 of the Criminal Procedure Code; s. 25 of the Criminal Procedure Code: A final judgment may be set aside only if new evidence is discovered that is of such gravity that it could not have been discovered with reasonable diligence before the judgment became final.
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