United States v. Roy L. Williams, Thomas F. O'malley, Andrew G. Massa, Joseph Lombardo

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• holding that an ostensible change in memory can also produce “inconsistent” answers, “[p]articularly in a case of manifest reluctance to testify”
• holding that reckless disregard for the truth may be proven inferentially through evidence establishing an obvious reason to doubt the allegations in the search warrant affidavit
• concluding that reckless disregard for the truth may be established through evidence establishing that the warrant affiant entertained cast serious doubts regarding the allegations in the search warrant affidavit
• holding a purported change in memory can also produce \inconsistent\ answers, \[p]articularly in a case of manifest reluctance to testify\
• Noting that, in addition to being an intentional lie, the officer’s arrest-causing statement must be “material in the sense that without it, no probable cause was established”
• defining reckless disregard for truth as when reasons to doubt information’s veracity are obvious

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