United States v. Cecil Arnold Odom, A/K/A Bud Kelly

Because I believe the majority misconstrues both the factual background of this case and applicable constitutional law, I must respectfully dissent.

A terrible crime occurred in Maryland when a witness for the government in a federal criminal case was murdered. The government established to its own satisfaction sufficient grounds for seeking and obtaining indictment of two individuals, Cecil Odom, a/k/a Bud Kelly, and Victor Finc-ham, for the crime. The cases seemed eminently ones for joinder, a conspiracy being charged and the two cases obviously having an overlap of factual material.1

However,…