SC20453 - State v. James A. (“On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court
abused its discretion when it (1) joined for trial his sexual assault, risk of
injury to a child, and strangulation charges with his threatening and
disorderly conduct charges, and (2) denied his request, as a remedy for the
disclosure of his prior incarceration by one of the state’s witnesses, that he
be allowed to testify about the nonsexual nature of his prior felony
convictions without opening the door to being asked on cross-examination about
the nature of those convictions. We reject the defendant’s claims and,
accordingly, affirm the judgments of the trial court.”)