Yee Requests Separate Trial in Sweeping RICO Case

California state Sen. Leland Yee doesn't want to be tried on federal bribery and gun-running charges alongside his alleged co-conspirators with aliases such as "Shrimp Boy," "Fat Joe" and "Barry Black." Yee, D-San Francisco, was one of 29 individuals indicted in March that alleges the existence of two separate but related Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations. Yee is charged with crimes relating to only one of the RICO conspiracies.  A motion to sever that Yee's attorney, James A Lassart, filed with the federal court in San Francisco...