People v. Tucker

LEE, Justice.

Defendant, Frank G. E. Tucker, the former district attorney for the Ninth Judicial District, was indicted on twelve counts of embezzlement of public funds, section 18-8-407, C.R.S. 1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8), 1 and one count of felony theft, section 18-4-401, C.R.S. 1978 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8).

The defendant moved for a severance and separate trial as to each separate transaction. The court denied the motion for separate trials as to each transaction, but granted the severance in part by ordering three separate trials on, respectively, counts 1 through 4, counts 5 through 8, and counts…