Opinion
CRIMINAL ACTION 20-424
01-06-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CHRISTIAN DUNBAR
ORDER
CYNTHIA M. RUFE, J.
AND NOW, this 6th day of January 2022, upon consideration of Defendant's Motion for Severance of Misjoined Counts and Separate Trials [Doc. No. 17], the government's Response in Opposition [Doc. No. 24], Defendant's Supplemental Memorandum [Doc. No. 44], the government's Response [Doc. No. 46], and after a hearing held on December 9, 2021, it is hereby ORDERED that for the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum opinion, Defendant's Motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows:
1. Counts 15-19 of the Superseding Indictment are hereby SEVERED, and Defendant Christian Dunbar will be tried separately on Counts 1-14 and Counts 15-19 of the Superseding Indictment.
2. Trial on Counts 1-14 of the Superseding Indictment will be presented in a bifurcated proceeding before a single jury. Counts 4-14 will be tried following a jury verdict on Counts 1-3.
It is so ORDERED.