Opinion ID: 196502
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Heading: The Incident Cards

Text: 24 We cannot say that the district court ruling constituted a manifest abuse of discretion. The district court found, inter alia, that the police incident reports would not suffice to undermine Officer Palazzola's credibility; hence, were not likely to result in an acquittal. Tibolt, 868 F.Supp. at 382. Nor are we persuaded that Palazzola perjured himself at the suppression hearing. Rather, he testified simply that he could not remember having been at the Dombrowski residence prior to July 27, 1992. In fact, the incident cards show that he was sent there on but one occasion--three years before the pretrial suppression hearing. Further, this incident card did not even compel the conclusion that Palazzola went to, or secured, the Dombrowski residence on that prior occasion. Thus, the district court was entitled to find that the incident cards did not undermine Palazzola's claimed lack of memory. Cf. Natanel, 938 F.2d at 313 (noting somewhat lesser burden on new-trial movant where evidence shows witness's prior testimony was deliberately false). Given their marginal direct probative value, we cannot say that the incident cards alone were sufficient to generate a reasonable probability that Tibolt would be acquitted upon retrial. Cf. Sepulveda, 15 F.3d at 1220 n. 5 (noting that newly discovered evidence pertaining exclusively to a government witness's credibility rarely warrants new trial).