Brown v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Jeffrey Brown appeals from a conviction of theft by receiving stolen property involving a 1984 Nissan 300ZX. OCGA § 16-8-7. He was sentenced to ten years confinement. In the same trial, Brown was acquitted of the same offense involving a 1995 Ford Explorer and of possession of that vehicle without the manufacturer’s serial number. OCGA § 40-4-22. Brown’s sole enumeration of error is that the court erred by failing to separate the trial of the Nissan charge from the Ford charges.

Prior to trial, Brown moved to sever from each other groups of offenses related to three separate…