Opinion ID: 1106114
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: What is the Probative Effect?

Text: Having concluded there was sufficient evidence which, if believed, established by a preponderance of the evidence that Perryman was guilty of perjury at the original trial, we must now decide the probative effect of this evidence, or lack of it, if a new trial is ordered. It is enough to say we have carefully reviewed the record of Tobias's trial for house burglary. Aside from the testimony of Thedo Brown identifying Tobias as one of 5 or 6 men who was present with Perryman at Brown's home when the guns were sold to Brown, the only testimony linking Tobias with the burglary is the testimony of Perryman which, of course, Perryman later recanted. Witherspoon, to this day, has yet to implicate Tobias.