United States v. Miller

RULING ON MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL

BLUMENFELD, District Judge.

The defendant moves for a new trial on the ground that newly discovered evidence reveals that the government witness Michael Caron made a mistaken identification. At the trial, only obliquely did the defense question the fact that two separate loads of narcotics had been delivered to a man in Bridgeport. The dominant issue was whether that man was the defendant James Miller. His defenses were an alibi and mistaken identification. After hearing extensive evidence, the jury resolved both factual issues against him and found him guilty of…