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United States Second Circuit


US v. RIVAS, 03-1649

In a drug case, defendant successfully challenged the denial of a motion for a new trial on grounds that the government failed to disclose allegedly exculpatory evidence until after the jury verdict and such evidence had a sufficiently exculpatory component to warrant a new trial.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 07/26/2004
  • Published 07/26/2004

Judges

  • NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before:  NEWMAN, CALABRESI, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States Second Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellees:
  • Colleen P. Cassidy, New York, N.Y., (Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender, Division Appeals Bureau, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant., Samuel G. Williamson, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York, N.Y. (David N. Kelley, U.S., Atty., Adam B. Siegel, Asst. U.S., Atty., New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Appellee.
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