California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Alvarez, 14 Cal.4th 155, 58 Cal.Rptr.2d 385, 926 P.2d 365 (Cal. 1996):
An appellate court reviews a trial court's ruling on a motion for separate trials for abuse of discretion. (See Pen.Code, 1098; see also, e.g., People v. Hardy (1992) 2 Cal.4th 86, 167, 5 Cal.Rptr.2d 796, 825 P.2d 781.)
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