An offense that violates more than one law but that may require different proof so that an acquittal or conviction under one statute does not exempt the defendant from prosecution under another. [Cases: Double Jeopardy 134. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 253.]
The charging of an accused with two or more crimes as multiple counts in a single indictment or information. • Unless later severed, joined offenses are tried together at a single trial. Fed. R. Crim. P. 8(a). [Cases: Indictment and Information 125. C.J.S. Indictments and Informations §§ 146–148.]
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Several separate causes of action or charged offenses contained in a single pleading or indictment. [Cases: Pleading 50. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 147–148.]
Concurrent or consecutive sentences, if a defendant is found guilty of more than one offense. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 500. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1464, 1517–1521.]
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recidivist (ri-sid-[schwa]-vist), n. One who has been convicted of multiple criminal offenses, usu. similar in nature; a repeat offender (proponents of prison reform argue that prisons don’t cure the recidivist). — Also termed habitual offender; habitual criminal; repeater; career criminal. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 1200. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1638–1639, 1641.]
separaliter (sep-[schwa]-ray-l[schwa]-t[schwa]r). [Latin] Hist. Separately. • This term was formerly used in an indictment to emphasize that multiple defendants were being charged with separate offenses, when it appeared from the general language of the indictment that the defendants were jointly charged.
plea bargain, n. A negotiated agreement between a prosecutor and a criminal defendant whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense or to one of multiple charges in exchange for some concession by the prosecutor, usu. a more lenient sentence or a dismissal of the other charges. — Also termed plea agreement; negotiated plea;