CRIMES-PROCEDURE-CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE SHORT FORM OF THE INDICTMENT

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Abstract

The respondents were tried and found guilty of murder. Held, that the constitutional provision that "the accused shall be fully informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him" requires an indictment returned by the grand jury to contain allegations as to the time and place of the assault and the time and place of death of the decedent where the crime charged is murder. State v. Rector (S. C . 1930) 155 S.E. 385.

Recommended Citation

CRIMES-PROCEDURE-CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE SHORT FORM OF THE INDICTMENT, 29 Mich. L. Rev. 636 (1931).
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