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Monday, March 28th, 2016

Summary Order Affirming Denial of Motion for New Trial

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.

Law360.com has coverage of the case here.…


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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

33 SKIDOO

United States v. Owen, Docket No. 06-1078-cr (2d Cir. September 4, 2006 [sic]) (Parker, Raggi, Wesley, CJJ)

In case you were wondering, Rule 33 applies only to “newly discovered” evidence, and not “newly available” evidence.

Facts: Lance Owen and two co-defendants loaded five years worth of marijuana into a truck from a warehouse in the Bronx. Owen was pulled over while driving the truck, and explained, not very convincingly, that he was a mover, in the process of moving personal items to Florida for a client. When DEA agents found the marijuana in the truck, they arrested him.

Owen and the two others, Samuels and Baroody, went to trial. No defendant testified, but each, through counsel, pointed his finger at the others. All were convicted, and Judge Patterson sentenced Owen to five years’ imprisonment.

At Samuels’ sentencing, before sentence was imposed, Samuels exculpated Owen. He said that he had “hired …


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