McKnight v. State

Appellant, John Lee McKnight, Jr., was charged in a series of four criminal informations with robbery with a deadly weapon and several lesser included offenses, the crimes allegedly having occurred on four separate dates within a one month period and involving four different victims. Before trial, appellant filed a motion for separate trials, contending that his defense would be prejudiced if the alleged offenses were joined and he was forced to trial on all four informations at the same time. Chief Judge Dulany Foster heard and denied the motion. Appellant was tried by a jury before Judge…