United States v. Redd

OPINION

CARR, District Judge.

Defendants Arnold Redd and Bernard Shackleford, former Detroit police officers, appeal their convictions, and Shackleford appeals his sentence, in this case involving civil rights violations. Shackleford argues that the district court committed prejudicial error by denying his pre-trial motion for severance, and that the court committed legal error in sentencing him based on a total combined offense level of 24. Redd argues that he should be granted a new trial due to the publication, during jury deliberation, of an “inherently prejudicial newspaper article, and…