Opinion ID: 4556394
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Heading: Motion for Post-Verdict Hearing

Text: Additionally, we conclude that the district court acted well within the bounds of its discretion in denying Lopez’s motion for a post-verdict hearing. After his trial, Lopez submitted letters from some of the testifying witnesses purporting to recant portions of their prior testimony that incriminated Lopez. The district court is accorded great deference in its decision to grant a hearing in such circumstances, especially when, as here, it presided over the trial in which the recanting witnesses testified. See United States v. DiPaolo, 835 F.2d 46, 51 (2d Cir. 1987) (“When a motion for a new trial is predicated entirely on an affidavit from a trial witness who recants her testimony, a trial judge can ordinarily deny it without a hearing.”).