EMERO S. TORNERO v. UNITED STATES

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

Following a jury trial, appellant Emero Tornero was convicted of various offenses stemming from a series of attacks against Maryland and Virginia cab drivers who were driving in the District of Columbia. 1 On appeal, appellant claims the trial court abused its discretion by: (1) refusing to instruct the jury to restart deliberations and correct its earlier statement describing appellant’s trial counsel’s closing argument as “improper,” once it reopened closing argument; (2) denying appellant’s severance motion on the grounds of mutual admissibility to prove…