Daniel Lee Pierce v. State of Indiana

MASSA, Justice.

Daniel Pierce appeals his convictions for molesting his three young granddaughters, arguing he was entitled to separate trials on the allegations of each individual victim. We are asked to decide whether his offenses were joined not only for being “of the same or similar character” but also because they were based “on a series of acts connected together” under Indiana Code section 35-34-l-9(a)(2). Because we find Pierce’s abuse of girls in his care was sufficiently connected, we hold he is not entitled to new and separate trials. We affirm Pierce’s convictions, and we remand…