Stephens v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for and convicted of two counts of robbery. This appeal follows.

1. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to sever.

The evidence showed that the two robberies took place eleven days apart and involved bailees of the same business establishment as the victim, occurred while these bailees were transporting money for the bailor, and evidenced a common scheme or plan. "[Severance in this particular kind of circumstances lies within the sound discretion of the trial judge since the facts in each case are likely to be unique. [Cit.]

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