Does the fact that evidence in defendant's defence is not cross-admissible in a motion to sever the case is sufficient to establish abuse of discretion by the court in refusing to sever?

Even assuming the evidence was not cross-admissible, defendant has not shown a substantial risk of undue prejudice based on the other factors. ( 954.1; People v. Ybarra, supra, 245 Cal.App.4th at p. 1435 [where charges are properly joined, fact that evidence underlying charges is not cross-admissible is insufficient, standing alone, to establish abuse of discretion by trial court in refusing to sever].) Defendant does not contend, nor do we conclude, any of the charges were unusually likely to inflame the jury, and neither case involved capital charges.

As to whether a weak case has been joined with another weak case (or a strong one) so that the "spillover effect" may alter the outcome as to some of the charges (People v. Vines (2011) 51 Cal.4th 830, 855), defendant asserts joinder permitted the jury

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