Grand Jury Indictment

Grand Jury Indictment in United States

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Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982

An accusation in writing found and presented by a jury charging that a person therein named has done some act which is a public offense. The Fifth Amendment requires the: criminal cases in federal courts be instituted with a grand jury indictment. The Constitution imposes no such restriction on the states.

(Revised by Ann De Vries)

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