Opinion ID: 874850
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The blood evidence

Text: Pizzuto claims the prosecutor knowingly introduced false evidence regarding blood found in the cabin where the murders supposedly occurred, [sic] and false evidence regarding blood found on what it asserted were petitioner's clothes. The State argues Pizzuto has failed to show why the evidence could not have been discovered prior to his first petition for post-conviction relief. Pizzuto has not directly addressed the State's argument. Pizzuto's claim is barred under I.C. § 19-2719. McKinney, 133 Idaho at 701, 992 P.2d at 150. Pizzuto introduced a number of affidavits in an attempt to cast doubt on the credibility of officials that worked in close proximity to the scene of the crime. Pizzuto, however, has not demonstrated that he did not know or could not reasonably have known about the claim prior to filing his first post-conviction petition.