Appeals Court refuses new trial for convicted Hawaii man
March 4, 2010
Hawaii: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday, February 19, that Taryn Christian is not entitled to the second trial granted to him by Judge David Alan Ezra of the U.S. District Court of Hawaii. The motion for a second trial was sought after Ezra ruled that Christian did not receive a fair trial because he was not allowed to call several witnesses to the stand who claimed that a different man had confessed to the murders he was being accused of. The refusal of a re-trial upheld a previous ruling by the Hawaii Supreme Court.[1]
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