Haw. Rev. Stat. § 806-8

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 806-8 - Prosecution where indictment not essential

In criminal cases brought in the first instance in a court of record, but in which the accused may be held to answer without an indictment by a grand jury, the legal prosecutor may arraign and prosecute the accused upon an information, complaint, or an indictment at the prosecutor's election; and in all criminal cases brought in the first instance in a court of record the prosecutor may arraign and prosecute the accused by information, complaint, or indictment, as the case may be, whether there has been a previous examination, or commitment for trial by a judge, or not.

HRS § 806-8

L 1903, c 39, §3; RL 1925, §4019; RL 1935, §5492; RL 1945, §10793; RL 1955, § 258-4; HRS § 711-8; am L 1970, c 188, §39; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1991, c 147, §3

Rules of Court

See HRPP rule 7.

See Const. Art. I, §10. Use of indictment or information, see §§ 801-1, 806-6.