State v. Clark

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the trial judge’s ruling permitting the State to join the offenses for trial.

Defendant first argues that there was procedural error in that the motion for joinder did not set forth the grounds except by reference to a statute. The provisions of G.S. 15A-951 require that all motions made prior to trial must be in writing and must state the grounds upon which the motion is based. Here the State submitted a written motion to join the cases prior to trial stating that it was made pursuant to G.S. 15A-926. Defendant answered the State’s motion with…