United States Seventh Circuit

District court's convictions of defendants for distributing crack cocaine are affirmed where: 1) defendant waived his argument for separate trials because he failed to renew his pretrial motion for severance at the close of the evidence; 2) even if defendant had not waived his motion for severance, his argument is without merit as antagonistic defenses do not necessarily require severance, and defendant cannot show that the joint trial deprived him of a specific trial right; 3) district court did not abuse its discretion by replaying - in slow motion - the surveillance video of the drug sale; and 4) co-defendant's counsel's motion to withdraw is granted as there are no nonfrivolous appellate arguments available to him.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/19/2010
• Decided 12/22/2010
• Published 12/22/2010

Judges

• SYKES

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel