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  2. Grand juries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It requires grand juries to be composed of 16 to 23 members and that 12 members must concur in an indictment. [15] [16] A grand jury is instructed to return an indictment if the probable cause standard has been met. The grand jury's decision is either a "true bill" (formerly billa vera, resulting in an indictment), or "no true bill".

  3. Grand jury - Wikipedia

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    The grand jury has been described as a "shield and sword" [5] that has both an offensive purpose and defensive purpose. [6] It has been called the shield of the people against the power of the crown; [7] though Green says this is a myth. [8]

  4. 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.

  5. Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York - Wikipedia

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    The April 4, 2023, indictment document. The Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Trump on March 30, 2023. [86] The indictment was filed with the New York Supreme Court (the ordinary trial court for felonies in the state of New York and not the final court of appeal for the state) the same day. [87]

  6. Multiple attorneys general call on appeals court to dismiss ...

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    (The Center Square) – Multiple state attorneys general have requested the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm a federal court dismissal of an indictment brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith ...

  7. 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.

  8. South Korea investigators ask prosecutors to indict Yoon for ...

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    SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's anti-corruption officials on Thursday requested that prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection and abuse of power for his short-lived ...

  9. Sol Wachtler - Wikipedia

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    The same month as his appointment, Wachtler was quoted by the New York Daily News as saying that "district attorneys now have so much influence on grand juries that 'by and large' they could get them to 'indict a ham sandwich. ' " [3] [7] This quote was then used by Tom Wolfe (and attributed to Wachtler) in Wolfe's 1987 novel The Bonfire of the ...