Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1601 (2026)

Prosecutions on information; authorized

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The several courts of this state shall possess and may exercise the same power and jurisdiction to hear, try and determine prosecutions upon information, for crimes, misdemeanors and offenses, to issue writs and process, and do all other acts therein, as they possess and may exercise in cases of the like prosecutions upon indictments.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1940–2020 · leading case: Jackson v. Olson, 22 N.W.2d 124 (Neb. 1946).
Jackson v. Olson, 22 N.W.2d 124 (Neb. 1946). · cites it 2× “Section 29-1601, R. S. 1943, provides: “The several courts of this state shall possess and may exercise the same power and jurisdiction to hear, try and determine prosecutions upon information, for crimes, misdemeanors and offenses, to issue writs and process, and do all other…”
State v. Lehman, 278 N.W.2d 610 (Neb. 1979). · cites it 2× “Section 29-1601, R. R. S. 1943, provides in part as follows: “The several courts of this state shall possess and may exercise the same power and jurisdiction to hear, try and determine prosecutions upon information, for crimes, * * *.”
State v. Rubek, 371 N.W.2d 115 (Neb. 1985). · cites it 2× “See, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1601 (Reissue 1979); Duggan v.”
Duggan v. Olson, 19 N.W.2d 353 (Neb. 1945). · cites it 2× “” Pursuant to the constitutional provision, the legislature provided in what is now section 29-1601, R. S. 1943, as follows: “The several courts of this state shall possess and may exercise the same power and jurisdiction to hear, try and determine prosecutions upon information,…”
State v. Gascoigen, 213 N.W.2d 452 (Neb. 1973). “See §§ 29-1601 to 29-1604, R. R. S. 1943. These statutes have remained virtually untouched since 1885.”
State ex rel. Gossett v. O'Grady, 291 N.W. 497 (Neb. 1940). · cites it 2× “: Section 29-1601, Comp. St. 1929, provides: “The several courts of this state shall possess and may exercise the same power and jurisdiction to hear, try and determine prosecutions-upon information, for crimes, misdemeanors, and offenses, to issue writs and process, and do all…”
Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S. Ct. 1390 (2020). “II, § 20 (1); Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1601 (2016) ; Nev. Const.”
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