Fielding v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, John Fielding appeals his 1996 conviction on four counts of robbery 1 and three counts of kidnapping, 2 raising three enumerations of error. He argues the trial court should have severed the six counts of robbery and the six counts of kidnapping contained in the indictment into six separate trials; that the trial court erred in giving its jury charge on identification; and’ that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his counsel failed to introduce evidence of his disability. We hold that because the 12 counts of robbery and…