State v. Miller

BRASWELL, Judge.

I. Defendant Miller’s Appeal

In defendant Miller’s first argument, he contends that consolidation for trial of the two charges against him lacked the transactional connection required by G.S. 15A-926(a) and that he was, therefore, precluded from obtaining a fair trial in either case.

G.S. 15A-926(a) furnishes authority for joinder of offenses by providing that “Two or more offenses may be joined in one pleading or for trial when the offenses, whether felonies or misdemeanors or both, are based on the same act or transaction or on a series of acts or transactions connected…