An indictment may be substantially in the following form:
Indictment
State of Nevada }
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County of........................................ }
The State of Nevada, plaintiff, against A. B., defendant (or John Doe, whose real name is unknown). Defendant A. B., above named, is accused by the grand jury of the County of ........................, of a felony (or of the crime of murder or other name of crime), committed as follows: The said A. B., on the ....... day of the month of ........... of the year ......., or thereabouts, at the County of .........................., State of Nevada, without authority of law and with malice aforethought, killed Richard Roe, by shooting with a pistol (or with a gun or other weapon, according to the facts).
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District Attorney
or District Attorney, by Deputy.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1464; A 2001, 42)