RULE 3                                                
                   ONE DEFENDANT PER CASE                                        
                                                                                 
    For criminal cases involving more than one defendant on a single             
charging document, a duplicate original of the charging document will be         
filed for each defendant. Each defendant will receive a unique cause             
number. All subsequent pleadings related to this defendant for this cause        
shall be placed in the defendant's case file to assure that the defendant's      
file represents a complete legal record.                                         
    The assignment of a separate cause number to each defendant of those         
named on a single charging document is not considered a severance. Should a      
defendant desire that the case be severed, the defendant must move for           
severance.