Dorminy v. State

Benham, Judge.

Appellant appeals his conviction of armed robbery, claiming that two occurrences at trial involving his co-indictee unduly prejudiced the jury against him.

Appellant and his co-indictee, William Benjamin, were charged with armed robbery in the same indictment. Their trials were severed; Benjamin was tried first and was convicted. Appellant’s trial began the next day, during which the State called Benjamin as a witness. In the prosecuting attorney’s first line of questioning, he asked Benjamin if he were the same person whose name appeared on the armed robbery indictment, whether…