Booker v. State

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

Appellant-defendant Sammie L. Booker appeals his three convictions for Child Molestation, 1 all class B felonies. Specifically, Booker alleges that the trial court erred as a matter of law by denying Booker’s request for a severance of the charges against him because the charges had been joined for trial solely on the basis that they were of the same or similar character. Booker also maintains that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the appointment of an expert witness to aid his defense because his defense counsel was unable to effectively cross-examine the…