State v. Bellamy

VAUGHN, Chief Judge.

I

Both defendants contend that the trial court erred in granting the State’s motion for a joint trial. This contention is without merit. G.S. 15A-926 provides that charges against two or more defendants may be joined for trial when each of the defendants is charged with accountability for each offense. Both defendants in this case were charged with the same offenses. Furthermore, the State’s evidence against each defendant was the same. “Consolidation of cases for trial is generally proper when the offenses charged are of the same class and are so connected in time and…