Legal Opinion

United States v. Smith

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided April 11, 2022No. Criminal No. 2019-0307Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Case No. 1:19-cr-307-RCL WILLIS LEWIS and BRITTANY JONES, re re Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Defendants Willis Lewis and Brittany Jones are charged with several offenses related to.. . their alleged conspiracy to engage in the sex trafficking of minors. Lewis and Jones were charged in the same indictment for this overarching conspiracy and are joined for trial under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 8(b). Even if their joinder under Rule 8(b) is proper, Rule 14 allows a court - to sever co-defendants’…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Zafiro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  5. United States v. Robert B. Sutton, United States of America v. Mark A. SucherCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986

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