Rule RCr 6.20 – Joinder of defendants

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Two (2) or more defendants may be charged in the same indictment, information or complaint if they are alleged to have participated in the same act or transaction or in the same series of acts or transactions constituting an offense or offenses. Such defendants may be...

Rule RCr 6.18 – Joinder of offenses

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Two (2) or more offenses may be charged in the same complaint or two (2) or more offenses whether felonies or misdemeanors, or both, may be charged in the same indictment or information in a separate count for each offense, if the offenses are of the same or similar...

Rule RCr 6.16 – Amendment

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The coUrt may permit an indictment, information, complaint or citation to be amended any time before verdict or finding if no additional or different offense is charged and if substantial rights of the defendant are not prejudiced. If justice requires, however, the...

Rule RCr 6.14 – Surplusage

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Unnecessary allegations may be disregarded as surplusage, and on motion of the defendant may be stricken from the indictment, information, complaint or citation. Ky. R. Crim. P. RCr 6.14Amended by Order 81-5, eff. 9-1-81; adopted eff. 1-1-63

Rule RCr 6.12 – Effect of defects

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An indictment, information, complaint or citation shall not be deemed invalid, nor shall the trial, judgment or other proceedings thereon be stayed, arrested or in any manner affected by reason of ,a defect or imperfection that does not tend to prejudice the...