William Alfred Reno v. United States

This is an appeal from the District Court’s denial of a motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. Appellant was convicted in 1962 of conspiracy to harbor and conceal an alien not lawfully entitled to enter and reside in this country. 18 U.S.C.A. § 371, 8 U.S.C.A. § 1324. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. Reno v. United States, 5 Cir., 1963, 317 F.2d 499, cert. denied, 375 U.S. 828, 84 S.Ct. 72, 11 L.Ed.2d 60. Appellant then filed in the District Court a motion to reduce sentence under Rule 35, F.R.Crim.P., and a motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence…