Court Opinion

ID: 9482214
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 08:43:40.970765+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:48:50.477322
License: Public Domain

STUART, Senior District Judge,
concurring.
I concur in all of the majority opinion except Part 11(A)(1)(c).
I cannot agree that the testimony of the government’s four witnesses who testified that the defendant participated in a December 29 conference call is immaterial to his guilt or innocence, rendering perjury on that issue unimportant. Although the newly discovered evidence involved credibility of witnesses, it was an important part of the government’s evidence against the defendant. Defendant’s credibility would have been seriously damaged by his denial that he participated in such a phone call in contradiction to the testimony of four witnesses. On the other hand, if the jury believed that the telephone records proved that the four witnesses committed perjury, their credibility on all other issues would be adversely affected.