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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="4-102" title_number="4" title_name="Pretrial Procedures" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Charging Procedures and Documents">
  <text>A State’s Attorney may charge by information:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>in a case involving a felony that does not involve a felony within the jurisdiction of the District Court, if the defendant is entitled to a preliminary hearing but does not request a hearing within 10 days after a court or court commissioner informs the defendant about the availability of a preliminary hearing; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>in any other case, if a court in a preliminary hearing finds that there is probable cause to hold the defendant.</text>
  </level>
</section>
