08-17-2015, 11:11 AM
(08-17-2015, 10:10 AM)Butterfly Girl Wrote: They were denied the motion to sever.
Motion to Sever:
When cases involve the indictment of more than one defendant, usually only one trial is held. This process is called Joinder. Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permits the joinder of the indictments of two or more defendants if they are alleged to have participated in the same act or transaction. For policy reasons courts prefer using joinder to holding separate trials because it saves time and money. However, joinder can create potential prejudices against a defendant, resulting in greater likelihood of conviction, and thus a defense attorney will often ask the court to sever his client's case. Less often, the prosecution requests severance because it believes joinder will prejudice its case. Severance results in a defendant being tried separately on one or all of the pending charges.
This document dated 8/10/15 is a must read. Document states...John offered to set up a drug deal to bust Tiffany selling drugs to get Maytee off . It also states Maytee with the assistance of Ramirez coordinated the movements of the Clarkes to a place them in position for John to fire 2 shots at Tiffany.
Wanted to add....Document dated 8/10/15 states.....The states evidence will show that Maytee planned, encouraged and aided John in his attempts to murder Tiffany.
WOW just WOW Is all I can say
