Practice Directions

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PRACTICE DIRECTION 9.1

CONSPIRACY

1. Where an indictment contains substantive counts and a related conspiracy count, the judge should require the prosecution to justify the joinder, or, failing justification, to elect whether to proceed on the substantive or on the conspiracy counts.

2. A joinder is justified for this purpose if the judge considers that the interests of justice demand it.

3. This Practice Direction also applies to proceedings in the District Courts.