Definition: In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
Input: Rule 14 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure . . . [citations omitted] The existence of prejudice, in large measure, depends upon the facts and circumstances of each case . . . [citations omitted] and it is axiomatic that the granting of a severance is within the discretion of the trial judge . [citations omitted] The burden of demonstrating prejudice is a difficult one, and the ruling of the trial judge will rarely be disturbed on review [citations omitted] The defendant must show something more than the fact that 'a separate trial might offer him a better chance of acquittal'. . . . [citations omitted) "Appellants alleged that they were prejudieed'and their trial rendered unfair because the jury was unable to collate the evidence and connect the names and faces of each d d 409
Holding statements: (A) holding that an accused cannot sustain a speedytrial claim when delay results from his making dilatory pleadings or motions failing to object when a continuance is granted the government (B) holding that delay is waived when the defendant fails to object when a continu ance is granted (C) holding that delay is waived when the defendant makes dilatory pleadings and motions (D) holding defendant waived complaint (E) holding that although the defendant filed a number of motions because the original trial date never changed as a result of those motions no delay could be attributed to the motions
Output:
(C)