U.S. v. BURNS

No. 88-1699.

898 F.2d 819 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ronald BURNS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Mezer, for appellant.

Margaret D. McGaughey, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., and Jay P. McCloskey, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on brief, for appellee.

Before BREYER, ALDRICH and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Ronald Burns (Burns) was indicted on nine counts of a fourteen count indictment with a number of others for conspiracy and participation in drug offenses. On his allowed motion, the consequences of which he subsequently sought to undo, defendant was tried separately, to a jury. While, on this appeal, there are a number of other complaints, we do not consider them, and reverse for solely one reason.

The co-defendants...

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