United States v. Florio

BARTELS, District Judge.

Defendants Savino Florio, Robert Brando, Alonzo Denson and Henry Hobbs moved for severance on the grounds of misjoinder under Rule 8, Fed.Rules Cr.Proc., 18 U.S.C., and for prejudicial joinder under Rule 14, Fed. Rules Cr.Proc., 18 U.S.C. All are named along with Mario Alessi and Carl Carillo in an eleven-count indictment, the first count of which charges a conspiracy on the part of all the defendants to steal, receive and possess goods moving in interstate commerce. Each of the remaining ten counts alleges individual thefts or unlawful receipts on the part of various…