United States v. Page, No. 10-3150 (2d Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of narcotics violations and unlawful possession of a firearm. At issue was whether the district court abused its discretion when it declined to sever the firearm count. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to sever where there was a sufficient logical connection between the narcotics counts and the firearm count; where separate trials of the narcotics counts and the firearm count would have required much of the same evidence; where the district court took adequate precautions to limit the danger of unfair prejudice; and where defendant had not met his heavy burden of showing substantial prejudice from the joinder of the narcotics counts with the firearm count. Accordingly, the court affirmed the conviction.
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