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Chapter 806

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§806-1 What key legal words mean in this chapter

§806-2 District courts are not covered by this chapter

§806-6 How criminal charges are filed and when you get a copy

§806-7 Who prepares charges and when a grand jury must act

§806-8 How prosecutors can charge you without a grand jury

§806-9 Same rules for cases started by information as by indictment

§806-10 Form for an indictment

§806-11 Court orders defendants to get rid of guns and ammunition

§806-16 Where a criminal charge is considered to happen

§806-17 Jury trial districts

§806-18 When a court can move a criminal trial

§806-21 Charging multiple accomplices or receivers together

§806-22 Combining multiple charges into one case

§806-23 When a criminal charge lists the wrong parties or offenses

§806-26 How to understand words in an indictment

§806-27 When small mistakes in an indictment do not invalidate it

§806-28 What the indictment must say about the crime

§806-29 Charges do not have to disprove exceptions

§806-30 Charging multiple acts or results in one indictment

§806-31 Indirect wording in criminal charges is allowed

§806-32 When a mistake in an indictment does not make it invalid

§806-33 Ignoring extra details in a criminal charge

§806-34 What an indictment must say about the crime

§806-35 How to name owners in a criminal charge

§806-36 Corporate property treated as the corporation's for criminal cases

§806-37 How to describe money in criminal charges

§806-38 How to describe a document in a criminal charge

§806-39 How to describe documents in criminal charges

§806-40 How to describe a stolen land document in court

§806-41 When you don't need to say who owns something in a theft charge

§806-42 How to charge a second offense in court

§806-46 Objecting to a flawed indictment before trial

§806-47 When a defendant can get more details about the charges

§806-48 When a trial can be postponed

§806-49 What happens when you plead not guilty

§806-50 What happens if a defendant refuses to answer charges

§806-51 Pleading a prior conviction or acquittal

§806-56 When a prosecutor can drop criminal charges

§806-60 Right to a twelve-person jury for serious crimes

§806-61 Giving up your right to a jury trial

§806-62 Order of trial evidence and closing arguments

§806-63 Right to present a defense after prosecution's case

§806-65 Right to see evidence before trial

§806-71 When and how a judge must sentence a convicted person

§806-72 Probation officers may work inside correctional facilities

§806-73 Probation officers' duties and keeping adult probation records private

§806-76 Courts must report certain cases to the county clerk

§806-81 Definitions for this part

§806-82 Starting a felony charge with a written information

§806-83 When prosecutors can file felony charges without a grand jury

§806-84 What must be attached to a criminal information

§806-85 When a judge must check if there is enough reason to arrest

§806-86 How to ask the court to dismiss a criminal charge

§806-87 What evidence can be shown at a dismissal hearing

§806-88 How a judge decides a motion to dismiss