Williams v. State

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Williams appeals eleven convictions of theft and nine convictions of burglary entered after a consolidated jury trial. Because we find that the trial court erred in granting the state’s motion to consolidate pursuant to Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.151, the convictions are reversed and the case is remanded for separate trials.

Eleven separate informations were filed against appellant. Nine of them charged him with burglary and theft of nine different structures and victims on nine different days between November 18, 1981, and December 11, 1981. One of the other two informations charged…