Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Tenth Circuit Blog

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Criminal Law

: Tenth Circuit Blog

Denial of New Trial Motion Affirmed

By Shari Allison

ADVERTISEMENTS

US v. Carlos Lopez, No. 09-3148 (10th Cir. June 10, 2010) (unpublished): A very lengthy opinion for an unpublished decision. The Tenth Circuit affirms the district court's denial of drug defendant's motion for new trial. Defendant, arrested with methamphetamine in a cooler in his vehicle, moved for new trial based on newly discovered evidence that government witness had set him up, based on a federal prisoner's affidavit who allegedly overheard the witness telling another inmate about concocting the story so as to avoid disclosing the real courier. The Tenth Circuit rejected defendant's belated argument that the district court used the wrong standard by applying the 5-part test of US v. Higgins, 282 F.3d 1261 (10th Cir. 2002), specifically the requirement that the new evidence would probably produce an acquittal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).

Lawsuits and Settlements

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

Related Searches