Padgett v. State

Hill, Justice.

Six defendants were tried and convicted by a jury in a single trial on various charges of prostitution and related offenses that occurred on two separate dates in 1975. Defendant James Woods was convicted of keeping a place of prostitution on June 6 and July 11; Marilyn Padgett of prostitution on June 6 and July 11; Merrill Vines of pimping on June 6; Margaretha Woods of prostitution and pimping on July 11; and Martha Stevens and Linda Phillips of prostitution on July 11.

Each defendant filed a motion to sever his or her trial from that of the co-defendants urging that the…