State v. Maness

WEBB, Justice.

In his first assignment of error, the defendant contends the trial court erred in granting the State’s motion to consolidate the two offenses for trial. The defendant argues that trying both charges in front of the same jury overwhelmed the jury with evidence against him and prejudiced the jury against him.

N.C.G.S. § 15A-926(a) provides, in pertinent part, “Two or more offenses may be joined . . . for trial when the offenses . . . are based on the same act or transaction or on a series of acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a single scheme or plan.”…