State v. Collins

Tommie Collins appeals, following a jury trial, convictions of four counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, § 566.062,1 and one count of possession of a controlled substance, § 195.202, for which he was sentenced, as a persistent offender, to concurrent fifteen-year terms of imprisonment for each statutory sodomy count and a consecutive term of ten years imprisonment for the possession count. Before trial, Collins unsuccessfully sought to sever the possession charge . from the ■ sodomy charges. He now appeals the trial court’s refusal to sever. Finding no error, we affirm.

Background

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