Criminal procedure: joinder and severance

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Rules 8 and 14: when offenses and defendants may be charged together, and relief when joinder prejudices.

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Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (as amended to Dec. 1, 2025). Enacted law, free to use.
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Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, as amended to Dec. 1, 2025 (House Judiciary Committee print)
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Law, Criminal procedure · 6 cards · 2 topics

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  1. FRCrP 8Joinder of Offenses or Defendants
  2. FRCrP 8(a): The indictment or information may charge a defendant in separate counts with 2 or more offenses if the offenses charged—whether felonies or misdemeanors or both—
    1. 1are of the same or similar character
    2. 2are based on the same act or transaction
    3. 3are connected with or constitute parts of a common scheme or plan
  3. FRCrP 8(b): Joinder of DefendantsThe indictment or information may charge 2 or more defendants 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. The defendants may be charged in one or more counts together or separately. All defendants need not be charged in each count.
  4. FRCrP 14Relief from Prejudicial Joinder
  5. FRCrP 14(a): ReliefIf the joinder of offenses or defendants in an indictment, an information, or a consolidation for trial appears to prejudice a defendant or the government, the court may order separate trials of counts, sever the defendants’ trials, or provide any other relief that justice requires.
  6. FRCrP 14(b): Defendant’s StatementsBefore ruling on a defendant’s motion to sever, the court may order an attorney for the government to deliver to the court for in camera inspection any defendant’s statement that the government intends to use as evidence.

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