United States v. Singer

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendants Mark Lewis Singer, Oakley Bechtel Cline, III, Joseph Michael Sazenski, Arturo Izquierdo, and John Patrick Reynolds appeal from their convictions on a number of drug-related offenses.1 The *1138principal question presented is whether the district judge so far injected himself into the trial as to give the jury the impression that he favored the prosecution, thus depriving defendants of a fair trial. Several other grounds for reversal also are urged.2 Specifically, defendants claim that a preindictment delay of twenty months violated the due process clause of…