§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. [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]



 



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  See Const. Art. I, §10.



  Use of indictment or information, see §§801-1, 806-6.



 



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  See HRPP rule 7.