State v. Blackley

(dissenting) — I note the statement in the majority opinion to the effect that the authorities cited are not susceptible to the restrictive construction suggested by respondents, and that a much broader view respecting the propriety of joint indictments and informations is taken by a great majority of the courts. I have examined all of the authorities cited in the majority opinion to sustain the statement:

“The rule is that, where but one crime is charged in the indictment or information, all who participate in its consummation may be joined as defendants in the same information, even though…