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.
