INFORMATION

INFORMATION information. A formal criminal charge made by a prosecutor without a grand-jury indictment. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 7. ? The information is used to prosecute misdemeanors in most states, and about half the states allow its use in felony prosecutions as well. ¡ª Also termed bill of information. Cf. INDICTMENT. [Cases: Indictment and […]