State v. Johnson

HUSKINS, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in consolidating the two armed robbery cases for trial. Defendant contends that although he is charged with crimes' of the same class, the crimes charged are not “so connected in time or place as that evidence at the trial of one of the indictments will be competent and admissible at the trial of the other,” citing State v. Combs, 200 N.C. 671, 158 S.E. 252 (1931) and G.S. 15-152.

[t] In North Carolina the consolidation of criminal charges is a discretionary matter, but the court must exercise its…