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Zafiro Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Nov 02, 1992

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  1. Richardson Vs. Marsh US Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1987
  2. Zafiro v. United
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  3. States - 506 U.S. 534 (1992) October Term, 1992 Syllabus Zafiro Et Al. V. United
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  4. F.2d 881 , 885 (1991) (quoting United States v. Keck
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  5. Opper v. United
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  6. United States v. Marchant
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  7. defenses may be so prejudicial in some circumstances as to mandate severance. See, e. g., United States v. Benton
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  8. United States v. Smith
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  9. United States v. Magdaniel-Mora
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  10. United States v. Berkowitz
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  11. United States v. Haldeman
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  12. to grant a severance on grounds of mutually antagonistic or irreconcilable defenses. See, e. g., United States v. Tootick
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  13. United States v. Rucker
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  14. United States v. Romanello
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  15. the tailoring of the relief to be granted, if any, to the district court's sound discretion. See, e. g., United States v. Lane
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  16. case and they have markedly different degrees of culpability, this risk of prejudice is heightened. See Kotteakos v. United
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  17. s guilt but technically admissible only against a codefendant also might present a risk of prejudice. See Bruton v. United
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  18. evidence that would be available to a defendant tried alone were unavailable in a joint trial. See, e. g., Tifford v. Wainwright
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  19. a district court is more likely to determine that separate trials are necessary, but, as we indicated in Richardson v. Marsh
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  20. merely because they may have a better chance of acquittal in separate trials. See, e. g., United States v. Martinez
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  21. United States v. Manner
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  22. to silence. Id., at 862-864. These instructions sufficed to cure any possibility of prejudice. See Schaffer v. United
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  23. Martinez were not. That, however, is not the standard for 1 See ante, at 538, citing cases. See also State v. Kinkade
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  24. I hesitate in this case to develop a rule that would govern the very different situation faced in cases like People v. Braune
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  25. ante, at 537. The Court correctly notes that a similar preference was announced a few years ago in Richardson v. Marsh
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  26. United States v. Tootick
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  27. F.2d 1078 , 1082 (CA9 1991). See also United States v. Romanello
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  28. F.2d 173 , 179 (CA5 1984). 4 See State v. Vinal
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  29. Tootick, 952 F. 2d, at 1082. See also People v. Braune
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  30. in the indictment. Justice Jackson's eloquent description of these concerns in his separate opinion in Krulewitch v. United
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  31. explains why there is much more at stake here than administrative convenience. See also United States v. Romanello
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  32. decided the severance motions in this case, I concur in the Court's judgment of affirmance. 6 In neither Opper v. United
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  33. States, 348 U. S. 84 (1954), nor United States v. Marchant
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  34. Syllabus Zafiro Et Al. V. United
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  35. United States v. Keck
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  36. United States v. Benton
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  37. See Kotteakos v. United
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  38. See Bruton v. United
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  39. Tifford v. Wainwright
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  40. See Schaffer v. United
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  41. State v. Kinkade
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  42. People v. Braune
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  43. See State v. Vinal
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  44. Krulewitch v. United
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  45. United States v. Lane
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  46. United States v. Martinez
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