Passmore v. State

Fletcher, Chief Justice.

LeKendrick Bernard Passmore was convicted of felony murder in the shooting death of James Jackson. Passmore appeals, contending that the admission of his co-defendant’s statement implicated Pass-more and required a severance of the two trials. Because the co-defendant testified, his statement was admissible as substantive evidence, and severance was not required. Therefore, we affirm.

1. The evidence at trial showed that late in the evening of Octo ber 10, 1996, Passmore and his co-defendant Darrick Collins 2 were stopped by police as they were driving away from…