State v. Lewis

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Judge.

A jury found Perry Lewis guilty of nine counts of burglary in the first degree, one count of attempted burglary in the first degree, seven counts of robbery in the first degree, seven counts of armed criminal action, six counts of robbery in the second degree, one count of attempted robbery in the second degree, and one count of sexual misconduct in the first degree. On direct appeal, Lewis charges the circuit court with two errors: (1) overruling his motion for severance of offenses,1 which requested separate trials on thirty-six offenses;2 and (2) orally…