Art. 490 Counts

When someone is charged with more than one crime in the same case, each separate charge is called a "count." All the charges get listed together in one document called an indictment.

To avoid repeating the same details over and over, the indictment can refer back to information already written in an earlier count. As long as the reference is clear, the later count doesn't need to restate everything from scratch.

Finally, the closing part of the indictment (the formal language that wraps up the document) covers every count listed in it. It doesn't need to be repeated separately for each charge.