HURLEY, Judge.
The question on appeal is whether the harmless error rule may be used to evaluate a claim of improper joinder based on a pleading error. We answer in the affirmative and hold that an appellate court will look beyond the allegations of the charging document and will assess a claim of improper joinder in light of the proof adduced at trial. In reaching this decision we find it necessary to recede from the per se reversible error rule set forth...
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