Not enough info to answer. If your jurisdiction is one that does not have a Grand Jury constantly in session, it may take until one is convened before the accumulated cases can be presented and acted upon.
Petty larceny is 3 years, minor theft is 1 year. Felony or Grand theft, no statutes of limitation.
How long does a person have to be indicted by a grand jury before charges are droped.
A grand jury is typically selected from a pool of potential jurors by a court through a random process. The selection process may involve individuals being summoned to serve and then screened for eligibility based on certain criteria. Once selected, members of the grand jury are sworn in and tasked with reviewing evidence and determining if there is enough to formally charge a suspect with a crime.
If you were found guilty, it stays on your record forever.
Members of a grand jury are randomly chosen from a jury pool. Jury duty is a requirement for American citizens. Americans and typically summoned for jury duty as often as every four years. Grand Jury has long been considered one of the highest duties of citizenship and a unique opportunity for the individual citizen to participate in the administration of justice.
The police don't charge you, they arrest you. The prosecutor's office charges you. If you are in jail, you should appear in court anywhere within 24-48 hours. If you are awaiting an indictiment from a Grand Jury, they will hand down the indictment at their own speed.
For as long as their session lasts.
28 daysAdded: There is no "set" time period. All Grand Jury presentments are conducted in closed session.Occasionally the indictments may be held until the end of the Grand Jury's term (however long that may be) before they are released.
The question is using mixed metaphors. (in the US) TechnicallyEVERYBODY is innocent until they are PROVEN guilty in a court of law. However- when a Grand Jury indicts you - technically you are still innocent - but you have now become the ACCUSED. Quite a big difference and one which brings you firmly under the grasp of not only the protection of the law, but the prosecution of the law as well.
If the jurisdiction in question adheres to the Grand Jury system of indictment, the GJ will indict by handing down a "true bill" in the sequence in which it was presented to them. HOWEVER - if the jurisdictions NOT utilizing a Grand Jury system, your Preliminary Hearing IS your idndictiment and the presiding judge decides if there is enough Probable Cause to bind you over for trial.
Six month terms beginning either in February or September. http://www.courts.state.md.us/clerks/frederick/jurorinfofaqs.html#faqs05
There is no time limit set in law. A Grand Jury can take as long as they like to investigate and consider a case that is presented to them.