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State v. Lyle Clinton May Motion for Appropriate Relief
COURT FILING ENTRY
Last Revised • July 6, 2026
This Source Verification Page documents a court filing submitted on behalf of Lyle Clinton May during his post-conviction proceedings. The Motion for Appropriate Relief is referenced within the Supplemental Motion to demonstrate that specific claims concerning the reliability of the confession and supporting evidence were previously presented to the state courts. This page preserves the citation and identifies the filing relied upon in Statement of Facts A.
"MAR Claim 1, Section C"
Related SMAR Citation
Document Name
State v. Lyle Clinton May Motion for Appropriate Relief
Claim
1
Section
C
Date
March 6, 2003
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Referenced in the Supplemental Motion for Appropriate Relief. Original filing maintained by Defendant's post-conviction counsel.
Source Location
Defendant's Motion for Appropriate Relief
Highlighted Pages
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Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
Page 15, Paragraph: 20
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May's allegation that his unrecorded confession was unreliable and should not have been
admitted because his severe intoxication, serious mental illness, youth, and the circumstances of
the interrogation prevented a knowing waiver of rights and rendered any confession unreliable.
May cites MAR Claim 1, Section C to establish that these allegations were previously raised in his
original Motion for Appropriate Relief and supported by mental health expert affidavits. He further
relies upon this claim to argue that if the confession is determined to be inadmissible or false, the
physical evidence in the case becomes substantially more important in evaluating guilt or
innocence.
The original Motion for Appropriate Relief is not currently available for public display within the Source Verification Archive.
If a public copy becomes available in the future, it will be added to this page along with a highlighted research copy.
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