United States v. Johnny Ray Littlepage

In an order filed January 25, 1972, this Court remanded the case for a hearing on the motion for a new trial and for findings of fact and conclusions of law. An evidentiary hearing was held on February 18, 1972. A new trial was denied in an order filed March 13, 1972, on grounds that the alleged new evidence was known at the time of the trial, was merely cumulative, and would probably not produce a new result.

We append hereto the findings of fact and conclusions of law entered by the District Court on March 13, 1972.

Only in rare cases is this Court willing to reverse the District Court’s…