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  2. Indictment - Wikipedia

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    An indictment (/ ɪ n ˈ d aɪ t m ən t / [1] in-DYTE-mənt) is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.In jurisdictions that use the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offense is a felony; jurisdictions that do not use that concept often use that of an indictable offence, an offence that requires an indictment.

  3. Indictable offence - Wikipedia

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    In many common law jurisdictions (e.g. England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore), an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury (in contrast to a summary offence).

  4. Criminal charge - Wikipedia

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    indictment; citation; traffic ticket; The charging document is what generally starts a criminal case in court. But the procedure by which somebody is charged with a crime and what happens when somebody has been charged varies from country to country and even sometimes within a country.

  5. Information (formal criminal charge) - Wikipedia

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    An information is a formal criminal charge which, depending upon the jurisdiction, either begins or continues a criminal proceeding in the courts. The information is one of the oldest common law pleadings (first appearing around the 13th century), and is nearly as old as the better-known indictment, with which it has always coexisted.

  6. United States criminal procedure - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution, including the United States Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments, contains the following provisions regarding criminal procedure. Due to the incorporation of the Bill of Rights, all of these provisions apply equally to criminal proceedings in state courts, with the exception of the Grand Jury Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the Vicinage Clause of the Sixth ...

  7. New Hampshire Supreme Court judge indicted - AOL

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    Oct. 16—New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi has been indicted on charges that she interfered with the criminal investigation of her husband. A Merrimack ...

  8. Arraignment - Wikipedia

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    During the second stage, the post-indictment arraignment, the defendant is allowed to enter a plea. In New York, a person arrested without a warrant and kept in custody must be brought before a local criminal court for arraignment "without unnecessary delay". [13] A delay of more than 24 hours is rebuttably presumed to be unnecessary. [14]

  9. Trump indictment live updates: Jack Smith says Jan 6 ‘fueled ...

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    Follow the latest from Trumpworld as the former president is indicted for a third time, while a fourth possible indictment looms