State v. Ross

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 125,604 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. TERRY EUGENE ROSS JR., Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. K.S.A. 22-3202(1) and K.S.A. 22-3203 permit a district court to consolidate multiple cases together for trial if, among other things, the crimes charged constitute two or more acts or transactions connected together or constitute parts of a common scheme or plan. 2. Separate crimes may be considered part of a common scheme or plan when they are related together in some way. The crimes need not necessarily be in close temporal proximity with each…