POPE, Presiding Judge.
Defendant, a police officer, was charged by accusation in state court with two counts of simple battery, a misdemeanor. We granted this interlocutory appeal to determine whether defendant, as a police officer, was entitled to be indicted by a grand jury on the misdemeanor charges. The trial court answered this question in the negative and denied defendant's plea in abatement. We agree and affirm.
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