indictable offense
An indictable offense is a crime that a prosecutor can charge by bringing evidence of the alleged crime to a grand jury . It is a crime for which a grand jury determines that there is enough evidence to charge a defendant with a felony . These are serious crimes that include murder , manslaughter , rape , kidnapping , grand theft , robbery , burglary , arson , conspiracy , and fraud , as well as attempts to commit them.
[Last reviewed in April of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team ]
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