Rule 8 — Joinder of Offenses or Defendants

Fed. R. Crim. P. 8

• Source: Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
• Rule: 8
• TITLE III: THE GRAND JURY, THE INDICTMENT, AND THE
• Citation: Fed. R. Crim. P. 8

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(a) Joinder of Offenses. 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—
are of the same or similar character, or are based on the same act
or transaction, or are connected with or constitute parts of a com-
mon scheme or plan.
(b) Joinder of Defendants. The indictment or information may
charge 2 or more defendants if they are alleged to have partici-
pated in the same act or transaction, or in the same series of acts
or transactions, constituting an offense or offenses. The defend-
ants may be charged in one or more counts together or separately.
All defendants need not be charged in each count.

Advisory Committee Notes

(As amended Apr. 29, 2002, eff. Dec. 1, 2002.)