Jeffries v. State

George Jeffries appeals his conviction for armed robbery on grounds the trial court erroneously denied a motion to suppress, and on grounds the trial court erred, first in granting the state’s motion to consolidate his case for trial with the case against Robert Rhodes, and then in denying his motions to sever the cases or, in the alternative, to empanel separate juries. We affirm.

On pretrial motions, Mr. Jeffries argued that he should be tried separately from his codefendant, Robert Rhodes, (or to a separate jury) because Mr. Rhodes planned to testify that Mr. Jeffries coerced him into…