PRESIDENT HOOVER'S RECOMMENDATIONS - WAIVER OF RIGHT TO ACCUSATION BY GRAND JURY INDICTMENT

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Abstract

In Illinois also the time between arrest and indictment is considerable. According to the figures of the Illinois Crime Survey the median time after preliminary hearing before indictment of persons who pleaded guilty ranged from thirteen days in Chicago to thirty-seven days in other parts of the state. An average of another two days is added by the time between arrest and preliminary hearing. In Missouri, too, the time interval is long. It seems reasonable to assume, therefore, that in the federal courts the time between arrest and indictment is at least as long, especially in districts where grand juries are less frequently called. Conversely, the conclusion is justified that the interval between arrest and judgment could be materially shortened if the district attorney might file an information as soon after arrest as he wishes.

Recommended Citation

PRESIDENT HOOVER'S RECOMMENDATIONS - WAIVER OF RIGHT TO ACCUSATION BY GRAND JURY INDICTMENT, 30 Mich. L. Rev. 928 (1932).
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