United States v. Delatorre

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RUBEN CASTILLO, District Judge.

The question presently before the Court comes down to “how many defendants is too many to join in a single criminal trial?” In the Second Superseding Indictment (“Indictment”) in this case, the government charged sixteen defendants — all allegedly members of the Insane Deuce Nation Street Gang (“Insane Deuces”) — with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), committing various violent crimes in aid of the racketeering activity, and drug trafficking. The government estimates that the trial of this…