Pennsylvania Code
Title 234 - RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 5 - PRETRIAL PROCEDURES IN COURT CASES
Part G(1) - Motion Procedures
Rule 582 - Joinder-Trial of Separate Indictments or Informations
Universal Citation: 234 PA Code ยง 582
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(A) STANDARDS
(1) Offenses charged in separate indictments
or informations may be tried together if:
(a)
The evidence of each of the offenses would be admissible in a separate trial
for the other and is capable of separation by the jury so that there is no
danger of confusion; or
(b) The
offenses charged are based on the same act or transaction.
(2) Defendants charged in separate
indictments or informations may be tried together if they are alleged to have
participated in the same act or transaction or in the same series of acts or
transactions constituting an offense or offenses.
(B) PROCEDURE
(1) Notice that offenses or defendants
charged in separate indictments or informations will be tried together shall be
in writing and filed with the clerk of courts. A copy of the notice shall be
served on the defendant at or before arraignment.
(2) When notice has not been given under
paragraph (B)(1), any party may move to consolidate for trial separate
indictments or informations, which motion must ordinarily be included in the
omnibus pretrial motion.
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