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· 11/19/1980

United States v. Edward Ford, Robert Little, John Felix, Solomon Johnson, Phillip Usquiano, Marcus Thompson, E. Dene Armstrong

Citations

  • 632 F.2d 1354

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that joinder under Rule 8(b) of different sets of crimes was not error where evidence submitted to prove one set of crimes was also relevant to the other set
  • holding that joinder under Rule 8(b) of different sets of crimes was not error where evidence submitted to prove one set of crimes was also relevant to the other set
  • holding various criminal activities were \all part of an ongoing scheme to enrich [union trust fund] trustees at the expense of the trusts\
  • holding various criminal activities were “all part of an ongoing scheme to enrich [union trust fund] trustees at the expense of the trusts”
  • refusal to sever upheld “[w]here the district judge has instructed the jury as to the admissibility of evidence and the appellants have failed to show an inability on the part of the jury to compartmentalize the evidence as it relates to each defendant”
  • construing F.R.Cr.P. 8(b), which T.C.R.Cr.P. 8(b) mirrors

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Judges: Wallace, Kennedy, Lucas

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