Burns v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

HAWKINS, Judge.

Most of the questions discussed in our original opinion and those presented in the motion for rehearing found their way into the record because of the consolidation of cases predicated on separate indictments against appellants, and because of a joint trial. We said in Sims v. State, 119 Texas Crim. Rep., 83, 45 S. W. (2d) 579: “Experience and observation demonstrates that the joint trial of two individuals upon separate indictments leads to confusion and difficulty in preparing a record for appeal.” The truth of the above statement is further…