United States v. Worthy

DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT WORTHY’S PENDING MOTIONS

D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.

Drug conspiracy charges can present complex issues in trial preparation. Here, the ordinary complexity has been exacerbated by the government’s succession of charges — Complaint, Indictment, First Superseding Indictment, Second Superseding Indictment, Third Superseding Indictment, and now Fourth Superseding Indictment1 (Docket Items 1, 28, 51, 94, 232, 507). Not surprisingly, the practice has produced a bevy of defense motions both earlier and now. Although I do not fully comprehend the need for this…