(a) Two (2) or more offenses may be charged in the same indictment or information in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged are of the same or similar character or are based on the same act or transaction or on two (2) or more acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan. (b) Two (2) or more defendants may be charged in the same indictment or information if they are alleged to have participated in the same act or transaction or in the same series of acts or transactions constituting an offense or offenses. Such defendants may be charged in one or more counts together or separately and all of the defendants need not be charged on each count. NOTE: Section 55.35 is substantively the same as former § 954, former Rule 8 and Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. See generally 8 Moore, Federal Practice &&8.01-8.07 (1974). See also Cal. Pen. Code § 954 commented on in B. Witkin, California Criminal Procedure Proceedings Before Trial §§ 206-209 (1963,
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Supp. 1973). For relief from joinder, see § 65.35 (former Rule 14). For Acompulsory@ joinder for trial, see § 65.30.