First Adopted: June 13, 1979
Most Recently Effective: January 01, 1980
Rule 29 | Rules of Criminal Procedure | Misdemeanors or Felonies – Verdict, Sentence and New Trial
29.02 | Misdemeanors or Felonies – Verdict – Assessment of Punishment
(a) In all cases of a verdict of conviction for any offense where by law there is an alternative or discretion as to the kind or extent of punishment to be imposed, the jury may assess and declare the punishment in their verdict except as otherwise provided by law.
(b) When several defendants are jointly tried, the punishment of each, in case of conviction, must be assessed separately.
Committee Note – 1980
Paragraph (a) is substantially the same as the first sentence of prior Rule 27.02.
Paragraph (b) is the same as the second sentence of prior Rule 27.02.
(Adopted June 13, 1979, effective January 1, 1980.)