Indictment; definition
§ 200.10 Indictment; definition.
An indictment is a written accusation by a grand jury, filed with a superior court, charging a person, or two or more persons jointly, with the commission of a crime, or with the commission of two or more offenses at least one of which is a crime. Except as used in Article 190, the term indictment shall include a superior court information.
An indictment is a written accusation by a grand jury, filed with a superior court, charging one or more people with a crime (or with two-plus offenses, at least one of which is a crime). ★ Except in Article 190, "indictment" includes a superior court information. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.