Arnsdorff v. State

Banke, Judge.

Appellants, Alan Arnsdorff and Robert Phillips, were separately indicted and arraigned but jointly convicted of possession with intent to distribute approximately 20 tons of marijuana. They enumerate as error, among others, the trial court’s act in joining their cases for trial. Held:

1. When two or more defendants are charged with identical crimes or with different offenses which are part of a common scheme or plan, they may be jointly tried in the discretion of the trial court provided such a trial does not hinder a fair determination of each defendant’s guilt or innocence.…