Wells v. State

Defendant seeks interlocutory review of the trial court’s order denying his motion for severance of offenses pursuant to Indiana Code section 35-34-1-11. Passing on the opportunity to provide guidance and clarity on an area of the law in need of both, the majority declines to address the defendant’s arguments. I would grant transfer and do so. Therefore I dissent from today’s order denying the defendant’s Petition to Transfer.

The essential facts are these. In August 2009 Quanardel Wells was charged in an eleven-count information with various offenses arising out of his alleged sexual assault…