Free Waiver of Indictment - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
F OR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, g
Plaintiff, I
v. I Criminal Action No. 07-109-SLR
JAMES R. GORDON, g
_ Defendant. I
WAIVER OF INDICTMENT
l. James R. Gordon, the above named defendant, who is accused of violating
21 USC §§ 841§a)g 1) and 841 (lg); 1 ){C) {distribution ofa controlled substance) , being
advised of the nature of the charges 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 these offenses unless the Grand Jury found probable cause to believe he committed
the offenses 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 these offenses before an Indictment could
be retumed; and (c) by waiving Indictment, the Govemment will be proceeding by a document
written by the United States Attomey and 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 charges in the Information,
and is satisfied that his counsel has properly explained the charges and this waiver to him.

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4. No one has ma e thezdefendant any promises or threatened or forced the defendant to
waive ind`ctmen
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