Is the sufficiency of an indictment reviewed de novo?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Hutchison, 22 F.3d 846 (9th Cir. 1993):

The sufficiency of an indictment is reviewed de novo. United States v. Buckley, 689 F.2d 893, 897 (9th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1086, 103 S.Ct. 1778, 76 L.Ed.2d 349 (1983).

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