Peterson v. State

OPINION

ANDELL, Justice.

The issue in this appeal concerns whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying the appellant’s motion for severance from his codefendant. On May 9,1995, the appellant, Joseph Peterson, and Derrick Celestine, along with several others, were arrested while engaging in a drug transaction. Based on information provided by an informant, officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety and agents with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration raided X-Com-munieations, a beeper store the appellant owned. The law enforcement officials found the appellant,…