United States v. Andrews

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION TO REQUIRE ELECTION OF COUNTS [DKT. NO. 128]

IRENE M. KEELEY, District Judge.

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Pending before the Court is the joint motion of the defendants, Patrick Franklin Andrews and Kevin Marquette Bellinger (collectively, the “defendants”), to require the election of counts. (Dkt. no. 128).

On October 2, 2012, a grand jury indicted the defendants on charges of murder by a federal prisoner serving a life sentence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1118 (Count One), and second degree murder within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United…