State v. Conde

The State of Florida petitions this court for certiorari to review the trial court’s order granting defendant Rory Enrique Conde’s motion to consolidate offenses for trial. We hereby grant the writ, and quash the order under review.

On July 12, 1995, Conde was charged in one indictment with six counts of first-degree murder, for murders which had occurred between mid-September 1994 and mid-January 1995. On July 19, 1995, Conde moved to sever the six murder counts. The State conceded that the crimes should not have been joined in the first place, and the trial court granted the severance. The…