Chumley v. State

Hall, Justice.

Chumley was indicted in separate indictments for, and convicted at a single trial of, armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime (the crime being the armed robbery). He was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for armed robbery, and to a concurrent five-year sentence on the firearm possession charge.

1. Chumley’s argument that the trial court erred in requiring him to be tried on both indictments at a single trial over his oral objection is without merit. Under the facts of this case, the same conduct of the accused was alleged to establish the…