{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-806-8","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 806-8","heading":"Prosecution where indictment not essential.","body":"In criminal cases brought in the first instance in a court of record, but in which the accused may be held to answer without an indictment by a grand jury, the legal prosecutor may arraign and prosecute the accused upon an information, complaint, or an indictment at the prosecutor's election; and in all criminal cases brought in the first instance in a court of record the prosecutor may arraign and prosecute the accused by information, complaint, or indictment, as the case may be, whether there has been a previous examination, or commitment for trial by a judge, or not.","path":["HI Code","Division 5","Title 38","Chapter 806"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0806/HRS_0806-0008.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"05d78099fe8c89df515535ddce4f33c100149065fa7fc6cf4cc9639ce0b21fba","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-806-73","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-806-82"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}