People v. Schram

Leave was granted from a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the trial-court conviction of defendant. The issues in this Court are two: (1) Did the trial court commit reversible error when it consolidated for trial two separate informations charging joint violators with the same crime, where each was arrested, arraigned, examined, and informed against at different times; and- (2) Did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying a motion for mistrial when it learned that an -assistant prosecuting attorney had engaged in. a brief conversation with two jurors who asked on what day…