What is the effect of section 954 of the California Code of Civil Procedure 954 on an accusatory pleading?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Marks, D072169 (Cal. App. 2018):
Section 954 states "[a]n accusatory pleading may charge two or more different offenses connected together in their commission, or different statements of the same offense or two or more different offenses of the same class of crimes or offenses, . . . and if two or more accusatory pleadings are filed in such cases in the same court, the court may order them to be consolidated." ( 954; People v. Soper (2009) 45 Cal.4th 759, 771
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