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		Section/Rule:	23.11
Subject:	Rule 23 - Rules of Criminal Procedure - Misdemeanors or Felonies - Indictment or Information	Publication / Adopted Date:	June 13, 1979
Topic:	Misdemeanors or Felonies - Indictment or Information - Nonprejudicial Defects	Revised / Effective Date:	January 1, 2003

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23.11. Misdemeanors or Felonies - Indictment or Information - Nonprejudicial Defects

An indictment or information shall not be invalid, nor shall the trial, judgment, or other proceedings on the indictment or information be stayed, because of any defect that does not prejudice the substantial rights of the defendant.

(Adopted June 13, 1979, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Amended Jan. 28, 2002, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.)

Committee Note - 1979

The source is prior Rule 24.11. In revising prior Rule 24.11 it is not intended that the substance of that Rule be changed. The revision was made solely to make the rule more concise.
Compare: Fed.R.Crim.P. 7(c)(3).