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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="2-208" title_number="2" title_name="Homicide" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Murder and Manslaughter">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An indictment for murder or manslaughter is sufficient if it substantially states:</text>
    <text>“(name of defendant) on (date) in (county) feloniously (willfully and with deliberately premeditated malice) killed (and murdered) (name of victim) against the peace, government, and dignity of the State.”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An indictment for murder or manslaughter, or for being an accessory to murder or manslaughter, need not set forth the manner or means of death.</text>
  </level>
</section>
