Ladson v. State

Gregory, Justice.

The defendant, Charles Edward Ladson, was indicted, along with John Ellis Starling, on nine counts of burglary and three counts of theft by taking by a Ware County Grand Jury. The trial court granted Ladson’s motion to sever parties and ordered separate trials for Ladson and Starling.

At Ladson’s trial Starling testified that Ladson had assisted him in burglarizing a number of the residences set out in the indictment. Starling testified that, on other occasions, Ladson would tell Starling what he wanted stolen, Starling would then steal it and turn it over to Ladson for a fee;…