US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  19
                              CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
                                  CHAPTER 14
                                  INDICTMENT
    19-1420.  AMENDMENT OF INDICTMENT. An indictment or information may be
amended by the prosecuting attorney without leave of the court, at any time
before the defendant pleads, and at any time thereafter, in the discretion of
the court, where it can be done without prejudice to the substantial rights of
the defendant. An information or indictment cannot be amended so as to charge
an offense other than that for which the defendant has been held to answer.