US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  19
                              CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
                                  CHAPTER 14
                                  INDICTMENT
    19-1418.  SUFFICIENCY OF INDICTMENT. The indictment is sufficient if it
can be understood therefrom:
    1.  That it is entitled in a court having authority to receive it, though
the name of the court be not stated.
    2.  That it was found by a grand jury of the county in which the court was
held.
    3.  That the defendant is named, or, if his name cannot be discovered that
he is described by a fictitious name, with a statement that his true name is
to the jury unknown.
    4.  That the offense was committed at some place within the jurisdiction
of the court, except where the act, though done without the local jurisdiction
of the county, is triable therein.
    5.  That the offense was committed at some time prior to the time of
finding the indictment.
    6.  That the act or omission charged as the offense is clearly and
distinctly set forth in ordinary and concise language, without repetition, and
in such a manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is
intended.
    7.  That the act or omission charged as the offense is stated with such a
degree of certainty as to enable the court to pronounce judgment upon
conviction, according to the right of the case.