United States v. Christos Potamitis, Eddie Argitakos, and Steve Argitakos

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• applying forfeiture doctrine when defendant’s father intimidated two witnesses into not appearing for trial
• “The mere fact that co-defendants seek to place the blame on each other is not the sort of antagonism that requires a severance.”
• scheme to rob, ruse by one of conspirators to play the “victim,” and scheme to conceal and divide up proceeds from robbery were all “part and parcel” of a single conspiracy
• “A general motion for a judgment of acquittal . . . is not sufficient to raise and preserve for appeal the question of venue.”
• Severance is required only when “the jury, in order to believe the core of testimony offered on behalf of [one] defendant, must necessarily disbelieve the testimony offered on behalf of his co-defendant.” (internal citations omitted)
• “A general motion for a judgment of acquittal, or a general motion for a directed verdict of acquittal at the close of the Government’s case, is not sufficient to raise and preserve for appeal the question of venue.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).