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On August 15, 2014, Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted by a Travis County grand jury, but has since been cleared on all charges. [1] [2] [3] The first charge of the indictment was abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony, for threatening to veto $7.5 million in funding for the Public Integrity Unit, a state public corruption prosecutors department.
in solemn form describing the offense with proper accompaniments of time and circumstances, and certainty of act and person, or; by a less formal mode, which is usually the spontaneous act of the grand jury, called presentment. [11] No indictment or presentment can be made except by concurrence of at least twelve of the jurors.
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.
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife indicted in $600,000 foreign bribery scheme Daniel Barnes and Julie Tsirkin and Ryan Nobles and Rebecca Kaplan and Ken Dilanian and Scott Wong May 3, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Ten doctors, two pharmacy execs indicted in North Texas prescription bribery scheme. Nicole Lopez. February 23, 2024 at 3:45 PM. ThinkStock/Getty Images. ... 🚨Get free alerts when news breaks.
Explanatory, procedural, or other non-binding materials created in the discharge of legislative or judicial duties, even when they do not carry the force of law.
As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial neared the halfway point Friday, a former state lawman said he warned the Republican in 2020 that he was risking indictment by helping a ...
Trial in absentia is a criminal proceeding in a court of law in which the person being tried is not present. In absentia is Latin for "in (the) absence". Its interpretation varies by jurisdiction and legal system.