PEOPLE v. COVINGTON

15617, 5715/10

130 A.D.3d 409 (2015)

13 N.Y.S.3d 54

2015 NY Slip Op 05764

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ERNEST COVINGTON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided July 2, 2015.


The motion court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's severance motions. The counts relating to the two incidents at issue were properly joined as sufficiently "similar in law" (CPL 200.20 [2] [c]) to satisfy the principles set forth in People v Pierce (14 N.Y.3d 564, 573-574 [2010]), and defendant did not make a sufficient showing to warrant a discretionary severance (see CPL 200.20 [3]; People v Ford...

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