The following excerpt is from Galafate v. Adams, Case No. 1:17-cv-00708-AWI-MJS (HC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
years after the incident and without explanation for the delay); Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390, 423 (1993) (O'Connor, J., concurring) (affidavits made many years after trial, purporting to exculpate a convicted prisoner through a new version of events, are "not uncommon" and "are to be treated with a fair degree of skepticism").
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