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If you do not yet have an attorney, you shold get one. Though what happens in the grand jury room is secret and not disclosed to the public, your attorney should be able to get a copy of what was said because of full disclosure laws in order to defend you properly. If you can't afford an attorney, you should ask the court to appoint one for you. In short, the state can't withhold evidence revealed to the grand jury if that evidence will be ued against you for prosecution by the state. Again, get an attorney.
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The definition of indicted?
It is the grand jury's determination that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial
Does EVERYONE who has committed a crime have to be indicted by a grand jury?
No it is usually a step to determine if the evidence is strong enough to charge and go to trial.
Do you have to be arrested to be indicted?
Not necessarily. If there's enough evidence in a grand jury's mind to hold you for a crime they can indict, wherein a warrant can be issued for your arrest.
Can you be indicted before going to jail?
Secret/Sealed indictments are handed up by a Grand Jury at the conclusion of the District Attorney's presentation if the Grand Jury finds that there is probable cause a crime has been committed. Grand Jury proceedings are secret. Contact the local District Attorney to may arrangement for an arraignment without an arrest warrant having to be issued.
What is a case indicted by a Maryland grand jury?
http://www.courts.state.md.us/juryservice/grandjury.pdf
In what month in 1931 were the Scottsboro Boys indicted by grand jury in Alabama?
March
What do people who have been indicted by a grand jury have the right to?
The right to a speedy trial.
What are the two types of juries in the federal court system?
Grand juries and Petit juries are the two kinds of juries. Grand juries review evidence of criminal action to determine if there is probable cause for bringing charges and if so, issue an indictment. Petit juries review evidence in both civil and criminal trials to determine the facts and render verdicts either for or against the parties in civil actions or guilty or not guilty in criminal actions.
What is an example of a sentence using the word indict?
The grand jury decided to indict the suspect on charges of fraud and embezzlement.
How long after grand jury indictment does the court have to arraign a person that is not in jail in New Mexico?
How long does a person have to be indicted by a grand jury before charges are droped.
What is the standard of proof for a grand jury presentation?
Before a formal criminal trial may take place, the prosecution must either file a Bill of Information, or have the defendant indicted by a Grand Jury. The defendant has no right to confront witnesses at the Grand Jury hearing and the standard of proof to indict for trial is by a preponderance of evidence, or "more likely than not".
Does a true bill represent a majority vote?
A true bill is .... the written decision of a Grand Jury (signed by the Grand Jury foreperson) that it has heard sufficient evidence from the prosecution to believe that an accused person probably committed a crime and should be indicted. Thus, the indictment is sent to the court.
