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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Swan finds the superior court properly denied defendant's habeas corpus petition after convicting him of first-degree murder and sentencing him to life imprisonment. Defendant's arguments supporting his petition, including that his counsel was ineffective for failing to object to inconsistent statements from two witnesses at his trial and that newly discovered evidence in the form of a witness statement exonerates him, fail, and the court's denial of his petition stands. Affirmed.
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