State v. Hood

McGIVERIN, Justice.

This is a companion case to State v. Snodgrass, 346 N.W.2d 472 (Iowa 1984), which we file today. Both cases involve the same facts and same joint trial. Defendant Michael L. Hood contends, as did his codefendant Sherryl Snodgrass, that the trial court abused its discretion under Iowa R.Crim.P. 6(4)(b) in refusing to sever the trials of these two codefendants, thereby resulting in a denial of each defendant’s *483due process right to a fair trial. In Snod-grass we determine the court did not abuse its discretion in denying Snodgrass’ motions to sever her trial. For the reasons…