McWilliams v. State

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

Appellants seek relief from convictions for the offense of robbery by firearms; each received a sentence of twenty years’ confinement.

Six grounds of error are raised by Mrs. McWilliams, four by Mr. McWilliams.

Each appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a pretrial motion for severance. Appellants argue that a joint trial caused them to face strong prejudice, since Mrs. McWilliams is white and her co-defendant husband is black. Both the appellants and the State presented witnesses at the pretrial hearing on this matter. The gist of the testimony…