Byrd v. State

HENDRY, Judge.

The appellant, James Lloyd Byrd, and six other defendants were indicted for the crime of rape. After trial by jury, Byrd was found guilty and so adjudicated, and, a majority of the panel having recommended him to the mercy of the court, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

This is a companion case to Woodside v. State, Fla.App.1968, 206 So.2d 426, and the facts therein reported are substantially the same.

Appellant presents two points for reversal. Appellant’s first contention is that the trial court erred in denying his motion for severance. As was stated in Reddick v. State,…