State v. Kirkpatrick

In an information containing three counts, defendant was charged with the crimes (1) of burglary in the second degree, (2) of grand larceny, and (3) of being an habitual criminal. He was tried on all three counts at the same time, was found guilty on all three, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, assigning error in the following particulars: The joining in the same information of the charge of being an habitual criminal with the charges of burglary in the second degree and grand larceny; and the presentation of all three offenses to a jury in a single trial.

[1] The question has…