United States Fifth Circuit

District court's denial of defendant's motion to sever a felon in possession charge under 18 USC 922(g)(1) from charges of harboring aliens for commercial gain is an abuse of discretion where defendant's possession was legal, and no significant evidence showed that weapons were used to intimidate aliens.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/10/2001
• Published 08/10/2001

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, DeMOSS and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Logan Ware (argued), Fort Worth, TX, for Gurmail Singh., Jagdip Singh Sekhon (argued), Sekhon & Sekhon, San Francisco, CA, for Harjit Dhesi.


• For Appellees:
  
• Randall A. Blake, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Sherman, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.