2013 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Appendix (§§ 1201 - 61)
FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (rules 1 - 61)
TITLE III. THE GRAND JURY, THE INDICTMENT, AND THE INFORMATION (rules 6 - 9)
Rule 8 - Joinder of Offenses or Defendants
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE TITLE 18 - APPENDIX FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE TITLE III. THE GRAND JURY, THE INDICTMENT, AND THE INFORMATION Rule 8 - Joinder of Offenses or Defendants |
Contains | rule 8 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | As amended Apr. 29, 2002, eff. Dec. 1, 2002. |
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(As amended Apr. 29, 2002, eff. Dec. 1, 2002.)
NOTES OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RULES—1944Note to Subdivision (a). This rule is substantially a restatement of existing law, 18 U.S.C. [former] 557 (Indictments and presentments; joinder of charges).
Note to Subdivision (b). The first sentence of the rule is substantially a restatement of existing law, 9 Edmunds, Cyclopedia of Federal Procedure (2d Ed.) 4116. The second sentence formulates a practice now approved in some circuits. Caringella v. United States, 78 F.2d 563, 567 (C.C.A. 7th).
COMMITTEE NOTES ON RULES—2002 AMENDMENTThe language of Rule 8 has been amended as part of the general restyling of the Criminal Rules to make them more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. These changes are intended to be stylistic only.
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