Rodriguez v. State

By this criminal appeal, the defendants raise several questions relating to: (1) The failure of the trial judge to grant a severance upon a pre-trial motion; (2) The failure to grant a mistrial because of alleged prejudicial comments by the State’s witness; and (3) Alleged irregularity in the admission of certain evidence which had been previously identified. We affirm.

It is within the discretion of a trial judge to grant a severance and it is incumbent upon an appellant, when urging error on this ground, to demonstrate an abuse of this discretion. Jackman v. State, Fla.App.1962, 140 So.2d…