Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 34. Bringing Criminal Charges

Chapter 1. Indictment and Information

35-34-1-1. Commencement of Prosecution; Filing; Sealing; Violation - Sec. 1. (a) All prosecutions of crimes shall be brought...

35-34-1-2. Contents; Requisites; Form - Sec. 2. (a) The indictment or information shall be in...

35-34-1-2.4. Verified or Sworn Documents; Form of Oath; Administration; False Affirmation or Verification - Sec. 2.4. (a) If an indictment, information, pleading, motion, petition,...

35-34-1-2.5. Prior Convictions - Sec. 2.5. If the penalty for an offense is, by...

35-34-1-3. Illegible or Lost Indictment or Information - Sec. 3. When an indictment or information which has been...

35-34-1-4. Motion to Dismiss by Defendant; Grounds; Requisites; Disposition; Effect of Order - Sec. 4. (a) The court may, upon motion of the...

35-34-1-5. Amendment of Charge; Procedures; Limitations - Sec. 5. (a) An indictment or information which charges the...

35-34-1-6. Defective Indictment or Information; Dismissal; Exceptions - Sec. 6. (a) An indictment or information is defective when:...

35-34-1-7. Grand Jury Proceedings; Violation of Ic 35-34-2; Dismissal - Sec. 7. An indictment shall be dismissed upon motion when...

35-34-1-8. Motion to Dismiss by Defendant; Requisites; Affidavits; Documentary Evidence; Hearing; Disposition; Procedures - Sec. 8. (a) A motion to dismiss an indictment or...

35-34-1-9. Joinder of Offenses or Defendants - Sec. 9. (a) Two (2) or more offenses may be...

35-34-1-10. Motions; Joinder of Offenses; Dismissal of Offense Joinable for Trial or of Related Offenses; Requisites; Orders - Sec. 10. (a) When a defendant has been charged with...

35-34-1-11. Severance of Offenses or Separate Trial of Defendants Joined - Sec. 11. (a) Whenever two (2) or more offenses have...

35-34-1-12. Motion for Severance or Separate Trial; Time; Waiver or Bar - Sec. 12. (a) A defendant's motion for severance of crimes...

35-34-1-13. Motion to Dismiss by Prosecuting Attorney - Sec. 13. (a) Upon motion of the prosecuting attorney, the...

35-34-1-14. Pleading Special Matters; Sufficiency - Sec. 14. In any indictment or information, an averment substantially...

35-34-1-15. Incorrect Name of Defendant Immaterial - Sec. 15. (a) If the stated name of the defendant...

35-34-1-16. Perjury; Requisites - Sec. 16. (a) In an indictment or information for perjury,...

35-34-1-17. Forgery; Misdescription of Instrument Destroyed or Withheld by Defendant Immaterial - Sec. 17. When an instrument which is the subject of...

35-34-1-18. Names of Owners of Property - Sec. 18. The indictment or information for an offense which...

35-34-1-19. Rules of Construction - Sec. 19. The words used in an indictment or information...

Chapter 2. Grand Jury and Special Grand Jury

35-34-2-1. "Target" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: "Target" means a...

35-34-2-2. Number; Impaneling; Scope of Function and Authority; Convening - Sec. 2. (a) A grand jury shall consist of six...

35-34-2-3. Drawing, Selecting, and Impaneling; Discharge of Panel or Juror; Grounds; Foreman and Clerk; Minutes; Record Transcript; Oath; Instructions; Report of Offense - Sec. 3. (a) The jurors on a grand jury and...

35-34-2-4. Conduct of Proceedings - Sec. 4. (a) The proceedings of a grand jury are...

35-34-2-5. Subpoenas; Contents; Failure to Obey; Contempt - Sec. 5. (a) A subpoena duces tecum or subpoena ad...

35-34-2-5.5. Target Witnesses; Right to Counsel; Removal of Attorney - Sec. 5.5. (a) A target subpoenaed under section 5 of...

35-34-2-6. Motion to Quash Subpoena Duces Tecum; Use Immunity - Sec. 6. (a) Any witness may file a motion to...

35-34-2-7. Witnesses; Refusal to Answer; Compelling Testimony - Sec. 7. (a) If a witness before the grand jury...

35-34-2-8. Witnesses; Use Immunity - Sec. 8. (a) Upon request by the prosecuting attorney, the...

35-34-2-9. Right to Testify Before Grand Jury; Target of Investigation; Notification; Waiver of Immunity; Calling of Witnesses - Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of...

35-34-2-10. Unauthorized Disclosure of Grand Jury Information; Offense; Production of Transcript - Sec. 10. (a) Except when required to do so by...

35-34-2-11. Access to Local Government Facilities for Care or Custody of Persons - Sec. 11. The grand jury shall have free access, at...

35-34-2-12. Identification of Target and Offense; Validity of Indictment; Concurrence of Five Grand Jurors; Signatures; Endorsement - Sec. 12. (a) Before the grand jury proceeds to deliberate...

35-34-2-13. Extension of Term; Limitation - Sec. 13. The judge of any court having criminal jurisdiction...

35-34-2-14. Special Grand Jury; Powers and Duties; Term - Sec. 14. (a) The judge of any court having criminal...

35-34-2-15. Special Grand Jury; Number and Names to Be Drawn; Investigation of Panel; Issuance of Venires or Summonses - Sec. 15. When names of grand jurors are ordered drawn...