Unión de Cargos en Procesos Penales en Colorado

Explicación Simple

Si alguien comete varios delitos al mismo tiempo, el fiscal debe incluir todos esos delitos en un solo juicio. Si no lo hace y la persona no se queja, puede que no pueda ser juzgada de nuevo por esos delitos más adelante.

Es como si en una cena prepararas varios platillos, pero decidieras servir solo uno. Si no le dices al cocinero que quieres probar los demás, puede que nunca los pruebes.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan roba una tienda y también causa daños a un coche en el mismo incidente. Si el fiscal decide llevarlo a juicio solo por el robo y no menciona el daño al coche, y Juan no dice nada al respecto, podría no ser juzgado por el daño al coche en el futuro.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

which the district attorney elects to proceed must be prosecuted by separate counts in a single prosecution if they are based on the same act or series of acts arising from the same criminal episode. Any offense not thus joined by separate count cannot thereafter be the basis of a subsequent prosecution; except that, if at the time jeopardy attaches with respect to the first prosecution against the defendant the defendant or counsel for the defendant actually knows of additional pending prosecutions that this subsection (2) requires the district attorney to charge and the defendant or counsel for the defendant fails to object to the prosecution’s failure to join the charges, the defendant waives any claim pursuant to this subsection (2) that a subsequent prosecution is prohibited. (3) When two or more offenses are charged as required by subsection (2) of this section and they are supported by identical evidence, the court upon application of the defendant may require the state, at the conclusion of all the evidence, to elect the count upon which the issues shall be tried. If more than one guilty verdict is returned as to any defendant in a prosecution where multiple counts are tried as required by subsection (2) of this section, the sentences imposed shall run concurrently; except that, where multiple victims are involved, the court may, within its discretion, impose consecutive sentences.