State v. Simmons

ELMORE, Judge.

Laquez Simmons (defendant) was indicted on 15 October 2001 for first degree murder, common law robbery, and possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver cocaine. The State moved to join the offenses for trial, and defendant moved to sever. The trial court granted the State’s motion for joinder.

The State’s evidence tended to show that defendant and Reginald Lee Edwards (the victim) had an ongoing dispute about defendant’s treatment of the victim’s female companions. The State offered eyewitness testimony of two incidents involving defendant, the 8 April 2001 shooting…