4.06 Separate Consideration — One Defendant Charged with Multiple Crimes is a legal principle that states when a defendant has been charged with multiple offenses, they should be tried separately and not together as part of one case. This principle prevents the jury from considering evidence from one charge when deliberating on another charge. Examples of 4.06 Separate Consideration — One Defendant Charged with Multiple Crimes include severance, joiner, and multiple counts. Severance is when two or more offenses are joined together and then separated into different trials or proceedings. Joiner is when multiple counts or counts of different offenses are joined together in the same trial. Multiple counts are when multiple charges of the same offense are consolidated into one trial.