Sure - if the defendant is charged with more than one offense, he may be indicted on more than one charge by the same Grand Jury during the same session. (Think the Bernie Madoff case.)
It means that charges are dropped by a Grand Jury and the persons record is cleared.
.... it is known as a 'True Bill of Indictment.' Indictment by a grand jury is the manner in which the government charges individuals with commission of a crime. The prosecutor presents proofs before the members of the Grand Jury to convince them that sufficient evidence exists to charge an individual with a crime. If the Grand Jury agrees that the individual should be so charged it issues a written statement making the charges. The statement is called an indictment.
No the two are synonymous. A "true bill of indictment" is the agreement of a grand jury that probable cause does exist to order a defendant to stand trial on the charges in the indictment. When this occurs, the grand jury is said to have "indicted" the defendant.
It is called an "Indictment" or sometimes, "A True Bill."
A Grand Jury returns an indictment. Criminal Justice pg 16 schmalleger
It is called an "Indictment" or sometimes referred to as, "A True Bill."
Indictment..
.... it is known as a 'True Bill of Indictment.' Indictment by a grand jury is the manner in which the government charges individuals with commission of a crime. The prosecutor presents proofs before the members of the Grand Jury to convince them that sufficient evidence exists to charge an individual with a crime. If the Grand Jury agrees that the individual should be so charged it issues a written statement making the charges. The statement is called an indictment.
.... an INDICTMENT.
Indictment
That would be a grand jury. The prosecutor presents the evidence and they will authorize the case.
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