Banos v. State

The defendant was charged by information with three counts of armed robbery, one count of armed kidnapping, one count of possession of a firearm while engaged in the commission of a felony and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Pursuant to a motion by the defendant, the convicted felon firearm count was severed. When the jury retired to deliberate at the close of the trial on the remaining counts, they were permitted to take with them a copy of the information. One page of the document contained a reference to the severed count. The jurors inquired of the court during…