MOYLAN, J.
The critical question on this appeal is that of who—the trial judge or the appellate court—gets to determine whether newly discovered evidence, offered in support of a motion for a new trial, is weighty enough and credible enough to justify (from the trial judge's vantage point) or to compel (from the appellate vantage point) the awarding of a new trial. After the trial judge has said, "No," is there some mechanical appellate test for materiality...
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