STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLANT,

v.

MICHAEL DORRY, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• McGEE v. State, 19 So. 3d 1074 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)
  …. R.Crim. P. 3.152(a)(2)(A). [*1078] In determining whether severance is warranted, a court considers the temporal and geographic association of the crimes, the nature of the crimes, and the manner in which the crimes were committed. Domis v. State, 755 So. 2d 683, 685 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); see also Sule, 968 So. 2d at 103 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (discussing when severance is appropriate). “[F]or joinder to be appropriate, the crimes must be linked in a significant way.” Domis, 755 So. 2d at 685. In Domis, the de…
• Kablitz v. State, 979 So. 2d 969 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)
  …court denied the motion, and Kablitz raises this denial as an issue on appeal. “The decision to grant or deny a severance is within the sound discretion of the trial court” and will not be disturbed on appeal absent an abuse thereof. Domis v. State, 755 So. 2d 683, 685 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.150(a) states: Two or more offenses that are triable in the same court may be charged in the same indictment or information in a separate count for each offense, when the offenses ...…
• Rutherford v. State, 902 So. 2d 211 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
  …nnected acts or transac [*214] tions” include: 1) temporal and geographic association of the crimes; 2) the nature of the crimes; 3) that the crimes involved the same victims; and 4) the manner in which the crimes were committed. See Domis v. State, 755 So. 2d 683, 685 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). We hold that the June 2 robbery and the charges arising from Rutherford’s June 3 arrest are “connected acts or transactions” within the meaning of rule 3.150(a), so that joinder was proper. Investigating the June 2 robbery…

Authorities Cited

• Schaufele v. State, 269 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972)