People v. Sockwell

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

An information was filed charging the defendant, in separate counts, with the offenses of burglary and forgery. The defendant moved for a severance of the two counts, contending that they could not properly be joined in the same information, since they arose out of different transactions. The trial court denied the defendant’s motion and the defendant was found guilty after a jury trial and sentenced to concurrent terms of 2 to 6 years in the penitentiary. On appeal, the only issue is whether the trial court erred in denying…