What factors will the court consider in deciding whether to join the murder charge with the domestic violence charge as a separate set of charges under section 954 of the California Criminal Code?

At the outset, we note that the murder charge and the domestic violence charges involve the same class of crimes. That is, assault with a firearm (count 1), possession of a firearm by a felon (count 2), criminal threats (count 3), possession of ammunition by a felon (count 4), and murder (count 5) are offenses which possess common characteristics or attributes. (See People v. Landry, supra, 2 Cal.5th at p. 76 [holding that murder, assault by a prisoner, and possession of a weapon by a prisoner all qualify as assaultive crimes for purposes of section 954].) We now turn to the four factors outlined in Alcala to determine if the court erred by joining the two sets of charges.