ARNOLD, Judge.
Defendant's first assignment of error is that the trial court erred in allowing a joint trial of defendant and Whilhite and in not requiring the State to make the election required by G.S. 15A-927(c)(1) when defendant objected to joinder and moved for severance. The statute on which defendant relies provides that:
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