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     631.035 Joinder of defendants. 

    Subdivision 1.    Joinder of defendants.  Two or more 
 defendants may be jointly charged with a felony and tried 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.  The defendants may be charged in one 
 or more counts and tried together or separately and all of the 
 defendants need not be charged in each count.  

    Subd. 2.    Relief from prejudicial joinder.  If it 
 appears that a defendant is prejudiced by a joinder of 
 defendants in a complaint or indictment or by joinder for trial 
 together, the court may, upon motion of the defendant or the 
 court's own motion, order an election or separate trials of 
 counts, grant a severance of defendants, or provide whatever 
 other relief justice requires.  In making its determination, the 
 court shall consider the impact on the victim.  In ruling on a 
 motion by a defendant for severance, the court may order the 
 prosecutor to deliver to the court for inspection in camera any 
 statements or confessions made by the defendants which the 
 prosecution intends to introduce in evidence at the trial. 

    HIST: 1987 c 395 s 1; 1992 c 571 art 9 s 1 

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