Hall v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Defendants appeal their convictions for two counts of forgery in the first degree, and one count of possession of tools for the commission of crime. Held:

1. Each defendant moved for but was denied a severance. The trial judge did not abuse his discretion delegated to him in Code Ann. § 27-2101 (as amended to Ga. L. 1972, pp. 618, 619), by refusing severance to the co-defendants who were jointly indicted for the same offenses, which involved the same witnesses, and the evidence indicated that they acted in concert. Deuser v. State, 138 Ga. App. 211 (2) (225 SE2d 758).

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