pendency of criminal prosecution
- pendency of criminal prosecution
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The status of a criminal prosecution from the time it is commenced by (1) the filing of a formal complaint of affidavit, (2) the return of an indictment or the filing of an information, (3) the issuance of a warrant to an officer for service, or (4) the arrest and commitment of the accused, until the final determination made by judgment. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 3.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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