Sample Form 16 

MOTION FOR CONSOLIDATION OF OFFENSES 

In the ____________________Court 
of ____________________ County 
[The City/Town of 
______________________________] 

______________________ 
Case Number 

TATE OF ALABAMA 

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_________________________________ 
Defendant 

   ] State of Alabama 

[   ] Municipality of 
      _____________________ 

v. 

 

   

he  State/defendant  moves  the  Court  for  an  order  that  the  above  actions  be  tried 

together,  upon  the  ground  that  the  alleged  offenses  charges  against  the  defendant  in        the  
indictment/information/complaint    in  each  of  said    actions  could  have  been  joined  as  a  single 
indictment/information/complaint under Rule 13 of the Alabama Rules  of   Criminal Procedure in 
that they are: 

(1) 

If the same or similar character; or 

(2) 

Based on the same conduct or are otherwise connected in their commission; or 

(3) 

Alleged to have been part of a common  scheme or plan 

By trial together of said actions, the expense of and time consumed in trial wil be 

materially reduced. 

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Date   

 

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

_________________________________________ 
Attorney for Defendant 

A hearing on the Motion for Consolidation of Offenses is hereby set to be heard on 
the __________ day  of _____________________, 20 ________, at _____________ o’clock ___.M. 
in _______________________________________________________________________________________ 

ORDER 

 

   

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ule 13.3(c)