Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure

Rule 13.2. Nature and contents

a. In General. The indictment or information shall be a plain, concise statement of the facts sufficiently definite to inform the defendant of the offense charged.


b. Charging the Offense. The indictment or information shall state for each count the official or customary citation of the statute, rule, regulation or other provision of law which the defendant is alleged to have violated.


c. Notice of Necessarily Included Offenses. Specification of an offense in an indictment, information, or complaint shall constitute a charge of that offense and of all offenses necessarily included therein.