Opinion ID: 1917909
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 28

Heading: 153. timeliness of defendant's motion; waiver.

Text: (a) A defendant's motion for severance of multiple offenses or defendants charged in a single indictment or information shall be made before trial unless opportunity therefor did not exist or the defendant was not aware of the grounds for such a motion, but the court in its discretion may entertain such a motion at the trial. The right to file such a motion is waived if it is not timely made. (b) If a defendant's pre-trial motion for severance is overruled, he may renew the motion on the same grounds at or before close of all the evidence at the trial. Committee Note : (a) Relates solely to defendant's motion for severance. Florida has no similar rule. (b) Florida has no similar rule.