Supreme Court Rules

First Adopted: June 13, 1979

Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2003

Rule 23 | Rules of Criminal Procedure | Misdemeanors or Felonies – Indictment or Information

23.06 | Misdemeanors or Felonies – Indictment or Information – Joinder of Defendants

Two or more defendants may be charged in the same indictment or information 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. Such defendants may be charged in one or more counts together or separately, and all of the defendants need not be charged in each count.

Committee Note – 1979

This is new. It is the same as Fed.R.Crim.P. 8(b). Compare: Prior Rule 24.05.


(Adopted June 13, 1979, effective January 1, 1980. Amended January 28, 2002, effective January 1, 2003.)
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