State v. Walker

Defendants assign as error the denial of their motions for separate trials and the allowance of the State’s motion to consolidate all cases against both defendants for purposes of trial. The two defendants were charged in separate bills of indictment with identical crimes. The offenses charged were so connected and tied together in time, place, and circumstances as to make one continuous criminal episode. In such cases there is statutory authority for a consolidation. G.S. 15-152; State v. Hamilton, 264 N.C. 277, 141 S.E. 2d 506. Moreover, the motions were addressed to the sound discretion of…