STATE v. TORRES

No. 80-1178.

66 Ohio St. 2d 340 (1981)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT, v. TORRES, APPELLANT AND CROSS-APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lowell S. Petersen, prosecuting attorney, and Ms. Barbara Peterson, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Mr. Stephen E. Cottrell, for appellant and cross-appellee.


BLACK, J.

The principal question is whether defendant Paul Torres was prejudiced, as he claims and as the Court of Appeals agreed, by the refusal of the trial court to grant him separate trials of the two indictments, under Crim. R. 14.1 He implicitly concedes that the trial court could in the first instance join the two indictments for trial under Crim. R. 13 because the charges could have been originally joined in one indictment

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