Multiple Prosecutions

Question 0

When a _____ criminal action is based on more than one charging instrument within the jurisdiction of the trial court, the state _____ file written notice of the action not less than _____ prior to the trial.

Answer 0

single; shall; 30 days

Question 1

A defendant _____ be prosecuted in a single criminal action for all offenses arising out of the same _____.

Answer 1

may; criminal episode

Question 2

If a judgment of guilt is _____, set aside, or vacated, and a new _____ ordered, the state _____ prosecute in a single criminal action in the new trial any offense not joined in the former prosecution unless _____ to establish probable guilt for that offense was _____ to the appropriate prosecuting official at the time the first prosecution commenced.

Answer 2

reversed; trial; may not; evidence; not known

Question 3

(a) When the accused is found _____ of more than _____ arising out of the same criminal episode prosecuted in a single criminal action, a sentence for _____ offense for which he has been found guilty shall be pronounced. Except as provided by Subsection (b), the sentences shall run concurrently.

Answer 3

guilty; one offense; each