State v. Davis

Opinion

ROGERS, C. J.

The dispositive issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the defendant, Larry Davis, had not been deprived of his right to a fair trial under the due process clause of the federal constitution1 by the joint trial of *20three legally unrelated informations.2 We conclude that, although the offenses charged in one of the three informations involved brutal and shocking conduct, the trial court’s thorough and proper jury instructions cured any risk of prejudice to the defendant. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the Appellate Court.