764 So. 2d 1122 - State v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 493, offenses in which punishment is necessarily confinement at hard labor may be charged in the same indictment or information with offenses in which the punishment may be confinement at hard labor, provided that the joined offenses are of the same or similar character or are based on the same act or transaction or on two or more acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan. Cases so joined shall be tried by a jury composed of twelve jurors, ten of whom must concur to render a verdict. (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 848 So. 2d 58 - State v. Simmons

2. “Two or more offenses may be charged in the same indictment or information in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged, whether felonies or misdemeanors, are of the same or similar character, or are based on the same act or transaction or on two or more acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan, provided that the offenses joined must be triable by the same mode of trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 819 So. 2d 1122 - State v. Porche

3. “If it appears that a defendant or the state is prejudiced by the joinder of offenses in an indictment or bill of information or by such joinder for trial together, the court may order separate trials, grant a severance of offenses, or provide whatever other relief justice requires.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 819 So. 2d 1122 - State v. Porche