Guam § 65 - Joinder of Offenses Encouraged.
Full text of Guam Guam Code Annotated § 65 — Joinder of Offenses Encouraged., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 65. Joinder of Offenses Encouraged.
(a) The court may order two or more indictments or information or
both to be tried together if the offenses, and the defendants if there is more
than one, could have been joined in a single indictment or information. The
procedure shall be the same as if the prosecution were under such single
indictment or information.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by § 65.35, a defendant shall not be
subject to separate trials for multiple offenses based on the same conduct or
arising from the same criminal episode, if such offenses are known to the
prosecuting attorney at the time of the commencement of the first trial.
NOTE: Subsection (a) of § 65.30 is identical to former § 1098 and former Rule 13.
See also Fed. R. Crim. P. 13. See generally 8 Moore, Federal Practice &&13.01-13.04
(1974). For prerequisites for joinder, see § 55.35.
Subsection (b) is new. It is substantively the same as Model Penal Code § 1.07(2). Its
purpose is to limit separate trails and the potential abuse arising therefrom - especially
the possibility of avoidance of the rule against consecutive sentencing. See 9 GCA §
80.10(c).
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Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 65 ("Joinder of Offenses Encouraged.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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