CHAPTER 5. JOINDER RULES Art. 490. Counts Counts are charges of crime joined in the same indictment. Recitals in one count may be incorporated in subsequent counts by means of a clear and distinct reference. The conclusion of the indictment applies to all counts stated therein.
Art. 491. Arts. 491, 492 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 528, §1
Art. 493. Joinder of offenses 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 […]
Art. 493.1. Joinder of misdemeanors; penalties Whenever two or more misdemeanors are joined in accordance with Article 493 in the same indictment or information, the maximum aggregate penalty that may be imposed for the misdemeanors shall not exceed imprisonment for more than six months or a fine of more than one thousand dollars, or both. […]
Art. 493.2. Joinder of felonies; mode of trial 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 […]
Art. 494. Joinder of defendants Two or more defendants may be charged in the same indictment or information 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 or offenses. Such defendants may be charged in one or more counts […]
Art. 495. Objections to misjoinder The objections of misjoinder of defendants or misjoinder of offenses may be urged only by a motion to quash the indictment. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 528, §2.
Art. 495.1. Severance of offenses If it appears that a defendant or the state is prejudiced by a 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. Added by […]
