Free Waiver of Indictment - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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- IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DOMINIC LEE AYRES g
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WAIVER OF INDICTMENT
1. Dominic Lee Ayres, the above named defendant, who is accused of violating Title
21, United States Code, Section 84l(a)(l) & (b)(1)(C), being advised of the nature of the charge
and of his rights, hereby knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waives prosecution by
Indictment and consents that the proceeding may be by Information instead of by Indictment.
2. The defendant understands that (a) unless he waives Indictment, he could not be
charged with violating Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(C), unless the
Grand J my found probable cause to believe he committed this offense and retumed an
Indictment; (b) the Grand Jury is composed of at least sixteen, but not more than twenty-three lay
persons, and at least twelve of those Grand Jurors must find probable cause to believe that the
defendant committed the offense before an Indictment could be returned; and (c) by waiving
Indictment, the Government will be proceeding by a document written by the United States
Attorney called an Information and the defendant will be prosecuted on that Information, rather
than on an Indictment.
3. The defendant has read and reviewed with his counsel the charge in the Infonnation,
and is satisfied that his counsel has properly explained the charge and this Waiver to him.
4. No one has made the defendant any promises or threatened or forced the defendant to
waive Indictment.

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