Legal Opinion
United States v. Childress
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 29, 1990No. Crim. 89-0162PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
This case began on May 15, 1989 when a grand jury handed down a thirty-nine count indictment charging twenty-nine persons with conspiracy to violate the narcotics laws and various other offenses; a Superseding Indictment was filed on June 20, 1989, with four additional counts. 1 Thereafter, on August 9, 1989, the Court filed an Order severing the defendants and counts into three separate trials. The first trial arising out of the Superseding Indictment, which involved eleven defendants, began on September 11, 1989; a jury returned “guilty” verdicts as to all…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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