State v. Gonzalez

BRASWELL, Judge.

I. Defendant Gonzalez’s Appeal.

Defendant Gonzalez first contends that the trial court erred in allowing the State’s motion to consolidate for trial the charges against the three defendants and in denying Gonzalez’s motion to sever. He argues separate trials for each defendant were necessary because the statement made by codefendant Crawford implicated the others.

G.S. 15A-926(b) provides for joinder of defendants for trial when the several offenses were part of a common scheme or plan, or part of the same act or transaction, or were so closely connected in time, place and…