Free Waiver of Indictment - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
Plaintiff, g
v. g Criminal Action No. 07- lrl3"$L(L
WILLIAM VANOVER, g
Defendant. g
WAIVER OF INDICTMEN T
l. William Vanover, the above named defendant, who is accused of one count of
violating l8 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l), possession of a firearm or ammunition by a felon, 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 this offense unless the Grand Jury found probable cause to believe he committed the
offense and returned 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 this 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 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 charge in the Information,
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 wai e Ind; tmen /,
D d t Counsel for D
Date: l ~ l QQ

Case 1:07-cr-00173-SLR

Document 20

Filed 01/25/2008

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