U.S. v. MAYFIELD

No. 98-50100.

189 F.3d 895 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Wayne MAYFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Tanaka, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for the Defendant-Appellant.

Orly Degani, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: DOROTHY W. NELSON, REINHARDT, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


DOROTHY W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

Jerry Wayne Mayfield appeals his conviction, after a joint jury trial with codefendant Manyale Gilbert, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Mayfield argues that the district court abused its discretion by refusing to sever the trials despite Gilbert's mutually exclusive defense and prejudicial evidence that was improperly elicited by Gilbert's counsel...

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