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725 ILCS 5/114-7 (2026)

Joinder of related prosecutions

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(725 ILCS 5/114-7) (from Ch. 38, par. 114-7)
    Sec. 114-7. Joinder of related prosecutions.
    The court may order 2 or more charges to be tried together if the offenses and the defendants could have been joined in a single charge. The procedure shall be the same as if the prosecution were under a single charge.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2008–2025 · leading case: People v. Walston, 900 N.E.2d 267 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008).
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People v. Walston, 900 N.E.2d 267 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “" 725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2004). "Two or more offenses may be charged in the same [charging instrument] in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged * * * are based on the same act or on 2 or more acts which are part of the same comprehensive transaction" (725…”
People v. Johnson, 2013 IL App (2d) 110535 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “” 725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2010). “Two or more offenses may be charged in the same [charging instrument] in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged *** are based on the same act or on 2 or more acts which are part of the same comprehensive transaction” (725 ILCS…”
People v. Anderson, 2013 IL App (2d) 111183 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “” 725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2010). “Two or more offenses may be charged in the same [charging instrument] in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged *** are based on the same act or on 2 or more acts which are part of the same comprehensive transaction” (725 ILCS…”
People v. Hayden, 2018 IL App (4th) 160035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “" 725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2014). "Two or more offenses may be charged in the same [charging instrument] in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged * * * are based on the same act or on 2 or more acts which are part of the same comprehensive transaction" ( id.”
People v. Fleming, 2014 IL App (1st) 113004 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “The trial court granted the State’s motion under section 114-7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2008)), finding the State could have charged Fleming and Myers together for the attempted murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm counts…”
People v. Fleming, 2014 IL App (1st) 113004 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “The trial court granted the State's motion under section 114-7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (Code) (725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2008)), finding the State could have charged Fleming and Myers together for the attempted murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm counts…”
People v. Ludy, 2020 IL App (5th) 160524-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “” 725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2014). Joinder of multiple charges is permissible only if the offenses are “based on the same act” or are based on multiple acts that form “part of the same comprehensive transaction.”
People v. Hayden, 2018 IL App (4th) 160035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “” 725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2014). “Two or more offenses may be charged in the same [charging instrument] in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged *** are based on the same act or on 2 or more acts which are part of the same comprehensive transaction” (id.”
People v. Dwyer -Ridge, 2022 IL App (2d) 200224-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “The State filed a motion for joinder of the defendants’ trials pursuant to section 114-7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2018)) and a motion to introduce evidence that defendants -2- 2022 IL App (2d) 200224-U and their neighbor, the target of the…”
People v. Sutton, 2019 IL App (1st) 172085-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2014); People v. Patterson, 245 Ill.”
People v. Gaddy, 2019 IL App (1st) 171832-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “Additionally, the State filed a motion for joinder (725 ILCS 5/114-7 (West 2014)), in which it sought an order joining case Nos.”
People v. Blair, 2020 IL App (5th) 160469-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “In response, the State argues that the court did not abuse its discretion because the factors establish both cases were part of the same comprehensive transaction, and defendant was not prejudiced as a result of joinder. ¶ 41 A court may order two or more charges to be tried…”
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