People v. Negron

OPINION OF THE COURT

Burton B. Roberts, J.

The defense has moved to reargue a motion to sever the first count of this indictment from the other five. The People oppose reargument on two grounds: 1. The motion to sever and a previous motion to reargue were denied by another Justice of this court; and 2. The joinder of the two offenses involved is proper in any event.

On its face, this indictment contains criminal charges which encompass two separate and distinct homicides. Count one of the indictment deals with the intentional murder of one Eugene Hayes, committed on October 21, 1977; counts two…