DENNIS, Justice.
The principal issue in this case is whether the trial judge erred in ordering separate trials of offenses when the prosecution moved for severance merely to defeat defendant's request for a jury trial and failed to show how it was prejudiced by a joinder of the offenses. We reverse the defendant's conviction and sentence. The trial court may sever properly joined offenses only upon a showing that a defendant or the state...
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