joinder of offenses

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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