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Code · Washington · Title 10 — Criminal Procedure · Chapter 10.37

RCW 10.37.040

255 words·~1 min read·/wa/title-10/chapter-10-37/10-37-040·

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The indictment may be substantially in the following form:
State of Washington
v.
A. . . . . . B. . . . . .
Superior Court of
the State of
Washington for the
County of
. . . .
A. B. is accused by the grand jury of the . . . . . . . . . ., by this indictment, of the crime of [here insert the name of the crime, if it have one, such as treason, murder, arson, manslaughter, or the like; or if it be a crime having no general name, such as libel, assault and battery, and the like, insert a brief description of it as given by law], committed as follows:
The said A. B. on the . . . . day of . . . . . .,
(year). . . ., in the county of . . . . . ., aforesaid, [here set forth the act charged as a crime.]
Dated at . . . . . ., in the county aforesaid, the . . . . day of . . . . . ., A.D.
(year). . . .
(Signed) C. D., Prosecuting Attorney.
(Indorsed) A true bill.
(Signed) E. F., Foreperson of the Grand Jury.
[ 2016 c 202 s 5 ; 2010 c 8 s 1036 ; 1891 c 28 s 21 ; Code 1881 s 1005; 1873 p 225 s 188 ; 1869 p 240 s 183 ; RRS s 2056.]
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