Tartarini v. State

Nino Chet Tartarini appeals judgments of conviction in two, consolidated cases, contending that their joinder in the trial court compromised his right to be tried in each case solely on evidence germane to each case. We reverse and remand for separate new trials.

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“ ‘The primary “purpose of requiring separate trials on unconnected charges is to assure that evidence adduced on one charge will not be misused to dispel doubts on the other, and so effect a mutual contamination of the jury’s consideration of each distinct charge.” ’ ” Hart v. State, 70 So.3d 615, 617 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011) (quoting…