United States v. Louis Werner

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• noting that mere prejudice is insufficient to justify severance under Rule 14 because “any lesser showing would undermine the policies behind Rule 8 and essentially read that rule from the books”
• upholding district courts refusal to grant separate trials where there is no risk that the jury would be confused about the evidence and a sufficient instruction was given
• upholding district courts refusal to grant separate trials where there is no risk that the jury would be confused about the evidence and a sufficient instruction was given
• rejecting defendant’s claim of prejudice based on assertion that, had his motion to sever been granted, he would have testified on one count and not the other, and stating that “[i]t is settled that a mere unexplicated assertion of this sort is not enough”
• substantial prejudice must be shown before severing trials under Rule 14 because Rule 8 authorizes some prejudice
• two thefts of foreign currency and of currency and jewelry, respectively

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