Sylvester Oil Co. v. Stone

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• concluding that impeachment evidence regarding government witness was immaterial where testimony was corroborated by independent evidence
• noting that sentencing courts enjoy \broad discretion on the decision of whether an evidentiary hearing is necessary\
• suggesting that the withholding of impeachment evidence might have risen to a Brady violation if the witness’s testimony had been the only evidence convicting the defendant and the witness had not been otherwise impeached
• vacating the sentence where district court made no “specific findings that the defendant intentionally gave false testimony which was material to the proceeding in which it was given.”
• “Burlington, in particular has been . . . hit very hard by the importation of . . . cheap methamphetamine and fentanyl over the border from Mexico and into Vermont where it’s damaged so many families. So it’s a serious offense.”
• adjustment for perjury in civil deposition upon finding intent and false testimony regarding a material matter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).