State v. Jefferies

CARLTON, Judge.

The defendants first assign as error the consolidation of the various charges against the defendants and the joinder of the defendants for trial. We find no error in the trial court’s determination that such consolidation and joinder were proper.

G.S. 15A-926(a) authorizes the joinder of offenses 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.” G.S. 15A-926(b) authorizes joinder of defendants for trial as follows:(2) Upon written motion of the…