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Cal. Penal Code § 954.1 (2026)
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In cases in which two or more different offenses of the same class of crimes or offenses have been charged together in the same accusatory pleading, or where two or more accusatory pleadings charging offenses of the same class of crimes or offenses have been consolidated, evidence concerning one offense or offenses need not be admissible as to the other offense or offenses before the jointly charged offenses may be tried together before the same trier of fact.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: People v. Gutierrez, 52 P.3d 572 (Cal. 2002).
People v. Gutierrez, 52 P.3d 572 (Cal. 2002). “(a); Pen. Code, § 954.1) were not in effect at the time of the ruling on the severance motion and are not *1121 considered here.”
People v. Thomas, 256 P.3d 603 (Cal. 2011). “First, the court noted that “Penal Code section 954.1 expressly permits joinder of offenses in the absence of cross admissible evidence.”
People v. Arias, 913 P.2d 980 (Cal. 1996). “(a); Pen. Code, § 954.1.) However, defendant was tried prior to the effective date of Proposition 115.”
Belton v. Superior Court of Los Angeles Cty., 19 Cal. App. 4th 1279 (Cal. Ct. App. 1993). “I, § 30; Pen. Code, § 954.1) limit the impact of the absence of cross-admissibility as a factor precluding joinder, other factors set forth in California case law remain relevant to the trial court’s exercise of discretion as to whether it would be “in the interests of justice”…”
People v. Catlin, 26 P.3d 357 (Cal. 2001). “NOTES [1] Statutory references are to the Penal Code, unless otherwise indicated. [2] Defendant's credibility was impeached with a 1966 forgers' conviction.”
Calderon v. Superior Court, 104 Cal. Rptr. 2d 903 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001). “2d 34 ] [Pen. Code, § 954.1, and Cal. Const., art.”
People v. Hill, 34 Cal. App. 4th 727 (Cal. Ct. App. 1995). “2 Penal Code section 954.1 provides: “In cases in which two or more different offenses of the same class of crimes or offenses have been charged together in the same accusatory pleading, .”
Richardson v. Newland, 342 F. Supp. 2d 900 (E.D. Cal. 2004). “(a); Cal.Penal Code § 954.1). Article I, section 30, subdivision (a) of the California Constitution, as enacted by Proposition 115, now provides: "This Constitution shall not be construed by the courts to prohibit the joining of criminal cases as prescribed by the Legislature or…”
People v. Hannah, No. C071651 (Cal. Ct. App. Apr. 23, 2014). “4 Penal Code section 954.1 authorizes the joinder of offenses “of the same class of crimes or offenses [that] have been charged together in the same accusatory pleading .”
(DP) Catlin v. Davis, No. 1:07-cv-01466 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 17, 2019). “(a); Pen. Code, § 954.1) were not in effect at the time of the ruling on the severance motion and are not considered here.”
People v. Perez, No. A171374 (Cal. Ct. App. June 26, 2026). “The trial court granted the prosecution’s consolidation motion, made pursuant to Penal Code section 954.1 Here on appeal, Perez contends the court abused its discretion because its reasons for granting consolidation—that none of the cases was particularly inflammatory and all of…”
P. v. Ward, No. B239031 (Cal. Ct. App. July 24, 2013). “) To the extent the evidence of a defendant’s uncharged acts is so prejudicial that no limiting instruction could cure the harm caused by its admission, the defendant may protect his right to a fair trial by moving for severance under the statute, 1 Penal Code section 954.1…”
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