An indictment is an accusation in writing, presented by the grand jury to a competent court, charging a person with a public offense.
Cal. Penal Code § 889
General Provisions
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 22 Cal. 4th 750 - People v. Martinez (2000)
Most recently applied in Naidu v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty. (February 2018)
Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 501.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.