United States v. Buenaventura Martinez, Juan Martinez, Jaime B. Salcedo, United States of America v. Manuel Suarez-O'neill

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• holding that filing a notice of appeal from a non-appealable order does not divest the district court of jurisdiction
• reviewing the district court’s denial of a motion for a new trial for abuse of discretion
• motions for new trials on the basis of the weight of the evidence are not favored and should be granted sparingly and only in exceptional cases
• “[Cjourts have granted new trial motions based on weight of the evidence only where the credibility of the government’s witnesses had been impeached and the government’s case had been marked by uncertainties and discrepancies.”

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