Case Name: James Allen BRYANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-06-07
Citations: 655 So. 2d 245
Docket Number: No. 93-2680
Parties: James Allen BRYANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 655
Pages: 245–246

Head Matter:
James Allen BRYANT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 93-2680.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 7, 1995.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Teresa M. Pooler, Special Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Roberta G. Mandel, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before BARKDULL, COPE and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
James Allen Bryant appeals after conviction of two counts of first-degree murder and multiple other felonies. He argues that the trial court should have granted his motion to sever the charge of first-degree murder of Bessie Fischer from the other charges, and requests a new trial. We conclude that there was no abuse of discretion in the denial of Bryant's motion, and that an ample basis existed on which the trial court could conclude that the charged offenses in this case consisted of "connected acts or transactions." Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.150(a). We affirm on authority of Fotopoulos v. State, 608 So.2d 784, 790 (Fla.1992), cert, denied, — U.S. -, 113 S.Ct. 2377, 124 L.Ed.2d 282 (1993); see also Bundy v. State, 455 So.2d 330, 345 (Fla. 1984), cert, denied, 476 U.S. 1109, 106 S.Ct. 1958, 90 L.Ed.2d 366 (1986).
Affirmed.
Bryant was convicted after being retried on remand from Bryant v. State, 565 So.2d 1298 (Fla. 1990).