Huh, every single state court system does things differently so maybe there was no limit in your case, but there is definitely a limit in federal trials, see Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 24, part (b) here - https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_24 (arc)
Huh, every single state court system does things differently so maybe there was no limit in your case, but there is definitely a limit in federal trials, see Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 24, part (b) here - https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_24 (arc)