Harris v. State

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

Charles C. Harris and Lonny McGuire were jointly charged, tried and convicted at a jury trial with the possesscon of marijuana with intent to deliver and were sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. This is an appeal by Harris in which he has designated two points he relies on for reversal as follows:

I

The lower court erred in refusing to grant appellant’s motion for a severance because:

A. Voir dire by separate counsel for Appellant’s co-defendant and the remarks of the Trial Court deprived Appellant of his option as to whether or not his failure to take the stand…