will not reverse absent an abuse of discretion. Passley v. State, 323 Ark. 301, 915 S.W.2d 248 (1996). Where, however, the offenses are joined solely on the basis that they are of the same or similar character, a defendant has an absolute right to their severance. Id. Rule 22.2 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure provides further that the circuit court should grant a motion to sever if necessary for a fair trial of each offense. Our supreme court has held that when each victim’s testimony would be admissible in the trial of the other to show a defendant’s intent, motive, or common scheme or plan, then there is no abuse of discretion in refusing to sever two cases. Parish v. State, 357 Ark. 260, 163 S.W.3d 843 (2004); see also Lukach v. State, 310 Ark. 119, 835 S.W.2d 852 (1992) (<HOLDING>). Here, Thompson argues that all the
holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to sever trials where the time between the two crimes was a matter of only a few minutes the proximity was within one block and each crime was motivated by the objective of obtaining money through robbery holding that trial court did not abuse discretion in denying motion to sever because trial of three defendants would not create confusion holding district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to sever numerous substantively unconscionable terms from arbitration agreement holding that the 9circuit court did not abuse its discretion in refusing a motion to sever separate charges of rape committed against the appellants two nieces holding that trial court did not abuse discretion in denying motion to sever because codefendants defenses were not antagonistic