Purvis v. Commonwealth

ELDER, Judge.

Stephen James Purvis (appellant) appeals from his bench trial convictions for two counts of statutory burglary and one count of petit larceny. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erroneously denied his motion to sever unrelated offenses for trial under Rule 3A:10 and that this refusal constituted reversible error. We agree that the refusal to sever was error but hold that the error was harmless. Therefore, we affirm appellant’s convictions.

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FACTS

On July 6, 1998, a Virginia Beach grand jury charged appellant, in multiple counts of the same indictment, with one count of…