Any person held in jail charged with an indictable offense shall be discharged if he or she is not indicted at the term of court at which he or she is held to answer, unless such person is committed to jail on such charge after the rising and final report of the grand jury for that term, in which case the court may discharge such person, or require such person to enter into recognizance with sufficient security for his or her appearance before such court to answer such charge at the next term. However, such person so held in jail without indictment shall not be discharged if it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the witnesses on the part of the state have been enticed or kept away or are detained and prevented from attending court by sickness or some inevitable accident.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1201
Prisoner held without indictment; discharge or recognizance; when
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case State v. Williams (2009)
Most recently applied in State v. Space (September 2022)
G.S.1873, c. 58, § 389, p. 812; R.S.1913, § 9020; C.S.1922, § 10044; C.S.1929, § 29-1201; R.S.1943, § 29-1201; Laws 2020, LB387, § 41.
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