Harper v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

From his conviction for armed robbery the defendant appeals. Held:

1. Error is asserted on the failure of the trial judge to order separate trials for the defendant and for his coindictee and alleged coparticipant in the robbery.

Under the circumstances here the motion for severance was addressed to the sound legal discretion of the trial judge. OCGA § 17-8-4 (Code Ann. § 27-2101). Our Supreme Court has enunciated three principal considerations for the trial judge in exercising its discretion. Cain v. State, 235 Ga. 128, 129 (218 SE2d 856); Jones v. State, 243 Ga. 584,…