People v. Fleming

(Court opinion corrected 7/9/14.) Two Defendants were charged with armed robbery as to one victim, and aggravated discharge of a firearm and attempted armed robbery as to another victim on same date and time. Court within its discretion in finding that charges in both cases were related temporally and physically and thus combined to form one comprehensive transaction, and thus joinder of two cases was proper.Charges against a defendant may be joined if the offenses are based on two or more acts which are part of the same comprehensive transaction under defendant will be prejudiced by joinder of separate charges. Evidence supports jury's finding that a common criminal purpose existed between two Defendants during commission of offenses such that Defendant could be found accountable for the other Defendant's actions.(NEVILLE and PUCINSKI, concurring.)