Price v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Defendant-Price appeals his conviction on 150 counts of conspiracy to unlawfully prescribe various controlled substances. For the reason set forth in Division 1, we reverse.

1. Defendant submits that the trial court erred in refusing to grant his motion to sever his trial from that of his co-defendant, Garfield. We are constrained to agree.

Defendant complains that his trial was prejudiced because his defense was antagonistic to that of his co-defendant. It was appellant’s defense (and he so testified at trial) that he did not knowingly commit any criminal acts, that if criminal…