United States v. Terrance Kenneth Provost

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• noting that the need for an evidentiaiy hearing on recantation of testimony is diminished where the trial judge observed the demeanor and credibility of the recanting witness at trial
• probability that a recantation would lead to acquittal “rests in large part on the credibility of the recantation”
• “Even if we were inclined to do so, which we are not, one panel of this court may not reverse or overturn a decision by an earlier panel.”

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