Rowe v. State

Hysell, Mullinnix and Rowe were in a car parked on a Clearwater street late at night. All were arrested for possession of marijuana. Hysell pleaded guilty. Mullin-nix and Rowe were jointly tried despite a timely motion for severance on Rowe’s part, which should have been granted.

Evidence against Mullinnix included his flight from the scene at the time of arrest. The trial judge and prosecutor referred to this, and stated that this evidence was inadmissible against Rowe.

I do not think the case one of constitutional proportions such as Bruton v. U. S., 1968, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20…