Louisiana · Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure + R.S. Title 15
La. C.Cr.P. § 494: Joinder of defendants
What this law says, in plain English
This statute establishes procedural rules allowing multiple defendants to be charged together in the same indictment or information when they allegedly participated in the same criminal act or transaction.
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