LEXIS 2437 (U.S. 1973). Concern whether defendant prejudiced from joint trial. — A concern is whether or not the defendant is prejudiced as a result of a joint trial. Tabor v. State, 616 P.2d 1282, 1980 Wyo. LEXIS 306 (Wyo. 1980). Information sufficient to apprise defen- dants. — Where the record clearly demon- strates that appellants were jointly charged in the same information of committing grand lar- ceny, where the allegations in the information were sufficient to reasonably apprise them of the theory that they were being charged with having participated in a series of acts constitut- ing an offense and that they aided and abetted one another in the accomplishment and success of the venture, where the information alleged that the coins found in “their” car were later counted and totaled $196.30, where appellants neither sought relief from prejudicial joinder nor filed a request to be furnished with a bill of particulars setting forth the precise theory un- der which the state would prosecute the charge against them, appellants were sufficiently ap- prised to permit a defense on all aspects of the crime charged, including that of aiding and abetting. Neilson v. State, 599 P.2d 1326, 1979 Wyo. LEXIS 447 (Wyo. 1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 1079, 100 S. Ct. 1031, 62 L. Ed. 2d 763, 1980 U.S. LEXIS 755 (U.S. 1980). Joint trials are expeditious. — Joint trials of persons charged together with committing the same offense or with being accessory to its commission are the rule, rather than the excep- tion. There is a substantial public interest in this procedure. It expedites the administration of justice, reduces the congestion of trial dock- ets, conserves judicial time, lessens the burden upon citizens who must sacrifice both time and money to serve upon juries, and avoids the necessity of recalling witnesses who would oth- erwise be called upon to testify only once. Linn v. State, 505 P.2d 1270, 1973 Wyo. LEXIS 139 (Wyo.), cert. denied, 411 U.S. 983, 93 S. Ct. 2277, 36 L. Ed. 2d 959, 1973 U.S. LEXIS 2437 (U.S. 1973); Lee v. State, 653 P.2d 1388, 1982 Wyo. LEXIS 409 (Wyo. 1982). Waiver. — By failing to object to prejudicial joinder of charges before trial, defendant waived any objection to the joinder and did not properly preserve issue for appeal. Cox v. State, 964 P.2d 1235, 1998 Wyo. LEXIS 127 (Wyo. 1998).
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