Jones v. State

Pope, Judge.

Appellant Jones was convicted of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated sodomy and two counts of rape for which he received five life terms to be served consecutively. His sole enumeration of error is *176that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion to sever his trial from that of his co-defendant Johnson. Held:

Decided February 6, 1989. Michael R. Schumacher, for appellant. Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Nancy A. Grace, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

The evidence at trial showed a strange series of events in which the victim was…