[DOWNLOAD] "Anthony L. Lash v. State Indiana" by Court of Appeals of Indiana No. 2-676A215 " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Anthony L. Lash v. State Indiana
- Author : Court of Appeals of Indiana No. 2-676A215
- Release Date : January 08, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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The evidence most favorable to the State discloses that Lash and two others entered a pizza restaurant and at gunpoint took the cash register receipts and money from the purses of two employees. Lash was subsequently tried on a three count information charging each of the takings as a separate armed robbery. The jury found him guilty on each count. Lash contends that the court erred (1) in denying his motion for severance of the charges, (2) in its jury instructions on the concepts of reasonable doubt and degree of certainty, and (3) in its refusal to give instructions on lesser included offenses. We affirm. Lash's severance argument is without merit. Ind. Ann. Stat. § 35-3.1-1-9 (Burns Code Ed., 1975) authorizes joinder of two or more crimes if they are of the same or similar character or if they are based on the same conduct or on a series of acts connected together or constituting parts of a single scheme or plan. Section 35-3.1-1-11 gives a defendant an absolute right to severance of offenses only if they are joined solely on the ground that they are of the same or similar character. In all other cases severance is granted only if the court determines that it is appropriate to promote a fair determination of the defendant's guilt or innocence of each crime. Lash's offenses were not joined solely because they were of the same or similar character, and Lash has not shown that the denial of the severance prevented or hindered a fair determination of his guilt or innocence.