He was later granted a new trial, but again received a death sentence.
"If the judge were to grant a new trial, we would be back facing a death penalty."
At the end of 1847, the judge granted Scott a new trial.
The judgment was reversed, with directions to grant a new trial.
He did grant a new trial on document fraud charges.
The judge is expected to decide whether to grant a new trial after the hearing.
A judge is considering whether to grant a new trial to the man who was sent to prison for life in that case.
The chance that any court along the way would grant him a reversal and a new trial was remote at best.
He made several appeals of his conviction and was granted a new trial in 1980.
In the end, the judge refused to grant a new trial.