United States v. Inez Eaton Guerrero, Patrick John O'shea, Stephen Michael Kessler, Cynthia Walker and Donald Gene Booth

Defendants appeal their convictions from a jury trial on charges of conspiracy to commit bank robbery, bank robbery, distribution of heroin, and receipt of money taken illegally from a bank.

I. Joint Trial and Severance

Where both multiple defendants and multiple offenses are involved, the propriety of joinder is governed by Fed.R. Crim.P. 8(b). United States v. Ford, 632 F.2d 1354, 1371 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 934, 101 S.Ct. 1399, 67 L.Ed.2d 369 (1981). Whether separate acts constituting separate offenses are within the same series as required for joinder under Rule 8(b) depends…