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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Edward Lee Williams
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, Chief Judge, United States District Court

for the Northern District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1905

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the 

* Northern District of Iowa.

Edward Lee Williams, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: October 12, 2005

Filed: November 15, 2005

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Before ARNOLD, BOWMAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Edward Lee Williams appeals from the denial by the district court1

of his

motion for a new trial under Fed. R. Crim. P. 33. Mr. Williams was convicted of a

drug offense, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(C), 851, and his conviction was

upheld on appeal. See United States v. Williams, 340 F.3d 563 (8th Cir. 2003). He

maintains that new evidence, in the form of testimony from his sister, was sufficiently

exculpatory to entitle him to a new trial.

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The district court held that the sister's testimony did not qualify as newly

discovered evidence under the relevant rule and that the testimony was so lacking in

credibility that it was not likely to produce an acquittal. See United States v. Yerkes,

345 F.3d 558, 562 (8th Cir. 2003). After a careful review of the record, and a

consideration of the well-known legal principles that guide the case, we affirm the

judgment of the district court on the basis of its well-reasoned opinion.

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