Court Opinion

ID: 9703453
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 23:57:31.085123+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:11:47.979630
License: Public Domain

SCHWELB, Associate Judge,
concurring:
In my opinion, the government makes quite a persuasive argument for the proposition that the robbery counts relating to Northeast Liquors were properly joined with the robbery and felony murder counts relating to Kovak’s Liquor Store. My colleagues disagree, holding instead that the counts were misjoined. Judge Wagner demonstrates, however, that the alleged error was harmless.
I agree with the majority that even if the judge’s decision as to joinder was erroneous, the error was not prejudicial. Since all of the members of the division are of this opinion, the question whether the counts were properly joined is an academic one, and the rights of the parties are not affected by it. Accordingly, I would not reach that issue.
In all other respects, I join Judge Wagner’s scholarly opinion for the court.