Pierce v. State

Appellant appeals his convictions of second-degree murder with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and carrying a concealed firearm. Appellant claims several errors, including the denial of his motion to sever, fundamental error in jury instructions, and error in the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. We find that none of these constitute error and, as such, we affirm.

Before trial, appellant moved to sever the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. from the second-degree murder charge. The prosecutor argued that appellant’s convicted felon…