United States v. Glenwood M. Ford

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• after threshold showing, trial court must examine “the significance of the testimony in relation to the defendant’s theory of the case”
• after threshold showing, trial court must examine \the significance of the testimony in relation to the defendant's theory of the case\
• conclusory statement by counsel not enough to establish required “nature and effect” of codefend-ant’s alleged exculpatory testimony
• conclusory statement by counsel not enough to establish required \nature and effect\ of codefendant's alleged exculpatory testimony
• when weighing appropriateness of severance based on alleged need for co-defendant’s testimony, court should consider, inter alia, “the likelihood that the co-defendant will testify if the cases are severed”
• motion to sever may not be used “as a mechanism for alleged co-conspirators to control the order in which they are tried”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).