Delvento v. State

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that joinder of charges relating to four factually similar incidents improper because trial lasted ten weeks and fifty-five witnesses testified
• holding that trial court improperly consolidated four separate incidents of first degree sexual assault involving use of knife
• criminal defendant has “right to the jury’s fair and independent consideration of the evidence in each case”
• valid waiver of Miranda rights despite testimony that defendant had low IQ and other deficiencies allegedly rendering him incapable of waiving his rights
• valid waiver of Miranda rights despite testimony that defendant had low IQ and other deficiencies allegedly rendering him incapable of waiving his rights
• consolidated trial of four cases lasting ten weeks and involving the testimony of fifty-five witnesses found to create high risk of prejudice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).