Iowa § 124.408 - 124.408 Joint criminal trials.
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§ 124.408. 124.408 Joint criminal trials.
Information, indictments, trial, and sentencing for violations of this chapter may allege any number of violations of their provisions against one person and join one or more persons as defendants who it is alleged violated the same provisions in the same transaction or series of transactions and which involve common questions of law and fact. The several charges shall be set out in separate counts and each accused person shall be convicted or acquitted upon each count by separate verdict. Each accused person shall thereafter be sentenced upon each verdict of guilty. The court may consider such separate verdicts of guilty returned at the same time as one offense for the purpose of sentencing as provided in this chapter. The court may grant a severance and separate trial to any accused person jointly charged or indicted if it appears that substantial injustice would result to such accused person unless a separate trial was granted. [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §204.408] C93, §124.408 Wed Dec 10 22:46:17 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 124.408 (20, 0)
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What does Iowa Code § 124.408 cover?
Section 124.408 ("124.408 Joint criminal trials.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. 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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