State v. Leutfaimany

HARRIS, Justice.

Defendant, who was charged jointly with three others, appeals following his convictions of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and willful injury. The fact that he was jointly tried with the other defendants looms large as a factor in the principal assignments. The trial court’s refusal to sever the prosecution of this defendant for a separate trial is his most serious challenge, and the same refusal is reflected in other complaints because, as often happens, evidence appropriate in the case against one defendant is inappropriate in the ease against another defendant.…