TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 14

INDICTMENT

19-1409.  Requirements of indictment. The indictment must contain:

1.  The title of the action, specifying the name of the court to which the indictment is presented, and the names of the parties.

2.  A statement of the acts constituting the offense in ordinary and concise language, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended.

History:

[(19-1409) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 233, p. 242; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7677; C.S., sec. 8825; I.C.A., sec. 19-1309.]