Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerry Wayne Mayfield
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1999No. 98-50100PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOROTHY W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Jerry Wayne Mayfield appeals his conviction, after a joint jury trial with code-fendant Manyale Gilbert, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Mayfield argues that the district court abused its discretion by refusing to sever the trials despite Gilbert’s mutually exclusive defense and prejudicial evidence that was improperly elicited by Gilbert’s counsel. Although the district court’s initial denial of Mayfield’s severance motion was understandable, based on pretrial representations made by the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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