United States Seventh Circuit

In order to win a new trial on grounds that a government witness committed perjury, where the government did not knowingly present the false testimony, a defendant must prove the same things as when moving for a new trial for other reasons.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/09/2004
• Published 02/09/2004

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before ROVNER, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick Hansen, Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, Linda L. Mullen, Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Cathy A. Pilkington, Chicago, IL, Thomas M. Dawson, Leavenworth, KS, for Defendants-Appellants.