Rules of Court · Part 3 · New Jersey
R. 3:8-2 New Jersey Rules of Court, R. 3:8-2: Joint Representation, rendered as code with every cross-reference linked
Joint Representation
No attorney or law firm shall be permitted to enter an appearance for or represent more than one defendant in a multi-defendant indictment without securing permission of the court.
Such motion shall be made in the presence of the defendants sought to be represented as early as practicable in the proceedings but no later than the arraignment so as to avoid delay of the trial. For good cause shown, the court may allow the motion to be brought at any time.
Note: Adopted July 16, 1979 to be effective September 10, 1979; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective January 1, 1995; amended April 12, 2016 to be effective May 20, 2016.
Verbatim rule text, unmarked. Nothing here is a summary.
rule 3:8-2 "Joint Representation" {
No attorney or law firm shall be permitted to enter an appearance for or represent more than one defendant in a multi-defendant indictment without securing permission of the court.
Such motion shall be made in the presence of the defendants sought to be represented as early as practicable in the proceedings but no later than the arraignment so as to avoid delay of the trial. For good cause shown, the court may allow the motion to be brought at any time.
Note: Adopted July 16, 1979 to be effective September 10, 1979; amended July 13, 1994 to be effective January 1, 1995; amended April 12, 2016 to be effective May 20, 2016.
}
referenced_by: none
source: njcourts.gov // verbatim; changed 2025-10-08; corpus harvested 2026-09-02← R. 3:8-1 · R. 3:8-3 → · chapter 3:8 · all rules
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