Chapter8. INDICTMENTS.  


Article 1. General Provisions.
§ 15-8-1. "Indictment" defined.
§ 15-8-2. Indictable offenses.
§ 15-8-3. Required contents.
§ 15-8-4. Formal defects not fatal.
§ 15-8-5. Construction of words used.
Article 2. Allegations.
§ 15-8-20. Offenses charged or described as at common law.
§ 15-8-21. Statutory language unnecessary.
§ 15-8-22. General terms used for special statutory terms.
§ 15-8-23. Manner of stating act constituting offense.
§ 15-8-24. When alleged act done in public place suffices.
§ 15-8-25. How facts constituting offense to be stated.
§ 15-8-26. Charging of unknown facts.
§ 15-8-27. Allegation of unknown means.
§ 15-8-28. Name of defendant when unknown.
§ 15-8-29. General allegation of intent to injure or defraud.
§ 15-8-30. Statement of time.
§ 15-8-31. Allegation of venue unnecessary; proof of same at trial.
§ 15-8-32. Statement of legal presumptions and matters judicially known unnecessary.
§ 15-8-33. How ownership of property alleged.
§ 15-8-34. Description of animal in indictment for offense concerning same.
§ 15-8-35. Indictment for forgery of instrument destroyed or withheld.
§ 15-8-36. Perjury and subornation of perjury; indictment.
Article 3. Alternative Averments.
§ 15-8-50. Allegation of different means or intents.
§ 15-8-51. Charging different results from same act.
§ 15-8-52. Joinder of offenses in same count.
Article 4. Presenting, Filing, Withdrawal, and Recordation.
§ 15-8-70. Presentation to court and endorsement; limitations on entry in minutes and inspection.
§ 15-8-71. Withdrawal and filing of indictment with leave to reinstate same.
§ 15-8-72. Recording and safekeeping; when record book required to be produced; use of photograph or photostat machines.
Article 5. Amendments.
§ 15-8-90. When allowed.
§ 15-8-91. Prosecution dismissed where amendment not consented to by defendant; new indictment; form of entry of record.
Article 6. Lost, Mislaid, Mutilated or Destroyed Documents.
§ 15-8-110. Preferring of new indictment; form of entry of record.
§ 15-8-111. Utilization of record copy.
Article 7. Judgment Arrested, Indictment Quashed, etc.
§ 15-8-130. Permission of court required to quash, dismiss, etc., indictment.
§ 15-8-131. Preferring of new indictment where judgment arrested or original indictment quashed; entry of record.
Article 8. Forms of Indictments.
§ 15-8-150. Contents; sufficiency; use of analogous forms.