United States v. Catalan-Roman

OPINION AND ORDER

PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.

As a general matter, this Court frowns upon severance as an undue waste of judicial resources. See Zafiro v. U.S., 506 U.S. 534, 537-538, 113 S.Ct. 933, 122 L.Ed.2d 317(1993) (“There is a preference in the federal system for joint trials of defendants who are indicted together.”). See also Richardson v. Marsh, 481 U.S. 200, 209-210, 107 S.Ct. 1702, 95 L.Ed.2d 176 (1987) (joint trials promote efficiency and “serve the interests of justice by avoiding inconsistent verdicts.”). The Court, accordingly, denied two previous motions to sever.

However, on…