Tomlinson responded to the Ohio Innocence Project’s motion on Wednesday, telling county Common Pleas Court Judge Chris Cook that evidence discovered and presented in those documents “discloses a strong possibility that it will change the result if a new trial is granted; has been discovered since the trial; is such as could not in the exercise of due diligence have been discovered before the trial; is material to the issues; is not merely cumulative to former evidence; and does not merely impeach or contradict the former evidence.”
Read the full article in the Lorain Chronicle-Telegram by Dave O’Brien.