United States v. John White

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• holding that where “it is not necessary to resolve the issues that might be the focus of an evidentiary hearing, the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to conduct an evidentiary hearing”
• determining that perjury was not material where defendant was acquitted of all charges that depended solely on perjurer’s testimony
• holding evidence that witness lied on stand cumulative where witness was “aggressively cross-examined by the defendant’s lawyer, who relentlessly attacked [witness’s] credibility, called him a liar, and emphasized his lack of veracity in the past”
• declining to decide the level of materiality required for evidence of perjury to require a reversal of a conviction, because under either standard the decision would be the same
• defining new evidence as that which “could not with due diligence have been discovered before or during trial.”
• finding the provision reasonable when the 25 ticket put plaintiff on notice that her rights were being limited, and cruise line did not 26 engage in bad faith

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