Rule 8 - Joinder of Offenses and Defendants(a) Joinder of Offenses. Two or more offenses may be joined in one information or indictment, with each offense stated in a separate count, when the offenses, whether felonies or misdemeanors or both, (1) are of the same or similar character, even if not part of a single scheme or plan; or (2) are based on the same conduct or on a series of acts connected together or constituting parts of a single scheme or plan. (b) Joinder of Defendants. Two or more defendants may be joined in the same information or indictment: (1) when each of the defendants is charged with accountability for each offense included; (2) when each of the defendants is charged with conspiracy and some of the defendants are also charged with one or more offenses alleged to be in furtherance of the conspiracy; or (3) when, even if conspiracy is not charged and all of the defendants are not charged in each count, it is alleged that the several offenses charged (A) were part of a common scheme or plan; or (B) were so closely connected in respect to time, place, and occasion that it would be difficult to separate proof of one charge from proof of others.