The Second Circuit today issued a summary order affirming the denial of a motion for a new trial. Unites States v. Jiau, 15-366. On a motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence, the defendant bears the burden of establishing “(1) the evidence is genuinely ‘new,’ i.e., it was discovered after trial; (2) the evidence could not, with the exercise of due diligence, have been discovered before or during trial; and (3) the evidence is ‘so material and noncumulative that its admission “would probably lead to an acquittal.”‘” Jiau, at 2. The Court affirmed Judge Rakoff’s denial of a motion for a new trial because the documents submitted in support of the motion were not “evidence” under Rule 33 and, in any case, were not “newly discovered.” Id. at 3.
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