State v. Staley

Defendant is charged with 13 counts of sexu.al abuse in the third degree allegedly committed against five minor victims. The state appeals from the trial court’s pretrial order suppressing evidence; defendant cross-assigns error to the trial court’s decision not to sever the cases for separate trials. We determine that defendant’s cross-assignment is not properly before us and we reverse and remand on the state’s appeal.

Defendant was a drama teacher and basketball coach at Marshall High School. The charges arose out of his conduct toward female students. In the spring of 1992, the principal…