Opinion
CRIMINAL 19-190
02-14-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DUANE EUGENE CASH (1), ROBERT HOWELL JR. (2), JAMAL KNOX (9), and MAURICE MILLER (10)
Jamal Knox, pro se. USMS 39774-068
Jamal Knox, pro se. USMS 39774-068
ORDER
Marilyn J. Horan United States District Judge
Presently before the Court is Defendants Duane Eugene Cash, Robert Howell, Jr., and Maurice Miller's Joint Motion to Sever their jury trial from the jury trial of Co-Defendant Jamal Knox. ECF No. 822. The Government has filed a Response indicating it has no objection to the severance. ECF No. 850. Mr. Knox has not filed a Response to the Motion, which was due February 1, 2022. Accordingly, the following Order is entered.
AND NOW, this 14th day of February 2022, Defendants Cash, Howell, and Miller, having shown that they will be prejudiced by a joint trial with Defendant Jamal Knox the Defendants' Joint Motion to Sever (ECF No. 822) is GRANTED. Defendants Cash, Howell, and Miller's jury trial is hereby severed from that of Jamal Knox's jury trial.
Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 14(a); United States v. Console, 13 F.3d 641, 655 (3d Cir. 1993).