State v. McKinney

MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

A jury found Kellen McKinney guilty of two counts of first degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, and one count of attempted escape. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder and armed criminal action charges; he also was sentenced to a consecutive four-year term for the attempted escape charge. He appeals, asserting that the attempted escape charge was joined wrongly to the other charges and, therefore, the trial court erred in refusing his motion seeking severance of the attempted escape charge.

Because McKinney’s attempted…