Court Opinion

ID: 9761561
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:45:45.942984+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:24.481355
License: Public Domain

LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent.
As a result of the Majority Opinion, defense counsel, in all murder cases involving multiple defendants, will deliberately *568delay the filing of a motion for severance until after the time required to file said motion. The lower court will deny the motion because of untimeliness. The defendant, if having been found guilty, is then guaranteed a new trial on the grounds that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.
Our judicial system should not be structured so that a defendant can automatically get a new (second) trial because of a strategic move made by defense counsel prior to trial.
I would affirm the judgment of sentence.