Indictable open

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As indictable offense ( ˌɪndaɪtə.bl̩ ) is known in criminal law of England and Wales particularly serious offenses under s. 64 Criminal Law Act 1977 or p. 51 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 , which can only be tried in the Crown Court Judge and Jury . This includes murder, for example . There are also less severe so-called summary offenses and, as a hybrid form, offenses that are triable either way . In legal history, indictable offenses were further subdivided into treason , felony and misdemeanor .

literature

  • Nicola Padfield: Criminal law . 7th edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2010, ISBN 978-0-19-958204-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Weidlich : The English criminal process practice and the German criminal process reform . Guttentag, Berlin 1906, p. 3 .