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                          RULE 5.3
            SEVERAL CHARGING DOCUMENTS FOR SAME
                 OFFENSE--DIFFERENT COURTS

    If two or more charging documents are filed against the same defendant
for the same offense in different courts, and if each court has
jurisdiction, the court in which the first charging document was filed
shall try the case. Upon motion by either party, or the court, the second
or several charging documents shall be forwarded for consolidation and
trial to the court in which a charging document was first filed.
	

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