What is the test for joinder of murder charges?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chester, B271587 (Cal. App. 2017):
case or another weak case so that the total evidence on the joined charges may alter the outcome of some or all of the charged offenses; and (4) is any one of the charges a death penalty offense, or does joinder of the charges convert the matter into a capital case." (People v. Marshall (1997) 15 Cal.4th 1, 27-28.)
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