Bell v. State

Appellant raises several issues concerning his convictions for lewd and lascivious battery and failure to appear. Because we find no error, we affirm; however, we write to address two of appellant’s arguments.

In appellant’s first issue, he asserts the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion to sever the lewd and lascivious charge from the failure to appear charge. In determining whether severance is warranted, a court must consider several factors including the temporal and geographic association of the crimes, the nature of the crimes, and the manner in which the crimes were…