United States of America, Cross-Appellant/appellee v. Lonnie Joseph Parker, Appellant/cross-Appellee

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Lonnie Joseph Parker was convicted of possessing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) (1994 & Supp. IV 1998), and was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment. Parker filed a motion for new trial five days before he was scheduled to report to prison. Parker moved for a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence and an allegation that the government had failed to disclose allegedly exculpatory documents relating to Parker’s participation in a police undercover operation in Minnesota. The district court denied Parker’s motion, concluding that the…