Walter Gabriel Turner v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court held that the circuit court abused its discretion by refusing to sever three cocaine-delivery charges from offenses arising from a separate set of events nearly one and one-half years later. The offenses were similar in character but were not part of a single scheme or plan because they involved different times, evidence, witnesses, and transactions. The court reversed and remanded, and declined to address the constitutional challenge to the consecutive sentences because that issue was moot.