United States v. Ralph Chavous Duke, Also Known as Plookie, Also Known as Plukey

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a defendant’s motion for reconsideration “should be deemed timely served if it was delivered to prison authorities for mailing within the . . . time period of Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) . . . .”
• explaining that appellate court may, on a “case-by-case” basis, retroactively apply a new procedural rule when it is “just and practicable”
• discussing prerequisites of granting a motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence
• defendant who did not contest civil forfeiture was not party to forfeiture proceeding and therefore was not placed in prior jeopardy
• government has duty to serve and facilitate the truth-finding function of the courts
• describing the difference in standards

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