Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.24

JOINDER OF CERTAIN OFFENSES

Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Ex Parte Rathmell (1986)

Most recently applied in United States v. Perlaza-Ortiz (August 2017)

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) Two or more offenses may be joined in a single indictment, information, or complaint, with each offense stated in a separate count, if the offenses arise out of the same criminal episode, as defined in Chapter 3 of the Penal Code.

(b) A count may contain as many separate paragraphs charging the same offense as necessary, but no paragraph may charge more than one offense.

(c) A count is sufficient if any one of its paragraphs is sufficient. An indictment, information, or complaint is sufficient if any one of its counts is sufficient.

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