United States v. Jeremy Lee Chavis

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• concluding joinder of alleged drug and firearms offenses was not proper where they occurred two years apart and were not connected by any thread
• collecting cases from the Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits holding that compliance with Rule 8 is assessed by examining the allegations in the indictment alone
• noting the 4 Case Nos. 21-3002/3004, United States v. Salabarria normal rule that a defendant’s failure to accept responsibility for all offenses of conviction would “render him ineligible for acceptance of responsibility credit”
• “Whether joinder was proper under [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure] Rule 8 (a) is determined by the allegations on the face of the indictment.”
• “[I]n light of the overwhelming evidence . . . , we discern little basis for finding prejudice.”
• where requirements of Rule 8 are not met courts have “no discretion on the question of severance.”

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