Content of Initial Details
8.3.Initial details of the prosecution case must include— (a)where, immediately before the first hearing in the magistrates’ court Use of Initial Details
8.4.—(1) This rule applies where— (a)the prosecutor wants to introduce information contained in a document listed in rule 8 Rule 8. Joinder of Offenses or Defendants. (a) Joinder of Offenses. The indictment or information may charge a defendant in separate counts with 2 or more offenses if the offenses charged-whether felonies or misdemeanors or both- are of the same or similar character, or are based on the same act or transaction, or are connected with or constitute parts of a common scheme or plan.
Rule 8 If a defendant charged with a
crime for which a sentence of imprisonment or commitment to the custody of the Department of Youth Services may be imposed initially appears in any court without counsel, the judge shall follow the
procedures established in G. L. c. 211D and in Supreme Judicial Court
Rule 3:10.If the defendant is charged with a felony or gross misdemeanor, the court must set a date for a Rule 8 appearance before the court having jurisdiction to try the charged offense no later than
14 days after the defendant's initial appearance under Rule 5, unless the defendant waives the right to a separate Rule 8 appearance.
