Case Name: Robert Edward DAVIS, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-05-17
Citations: 431 So. 2d 325
Docket Number: No. 82-1349
Parties: Robert Edward DAVIS, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 431
Pages: 325–326

Head Matter:
Robert Edward DAVIS, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 82-1349.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 17, 1983.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Paul Mendel-son, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
BASKIN, Judge.
Because we find that the aggravated assault and the subsequent murder of a witness to the aggravated assault were offenses related in sequence by a causal connection, we find no error in the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to sever. Paul v. State, 385 So.2d 1371 (Fla.1980); Parker v. State, 421 So.2d 712 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); see Clark v. State, 379 So.2d 97 (Fla.1979). Compare Finlay v. State, 424 So.2d 967 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983) (finding that burglary and theft of car eight days prior to defendant's commission of traffic infraction with stolen car, which led to aggravated assault with gun used in robbery, were causally unconnected to later offenses).
Affirmed.