2006-09-26 03:23:26 · 11 answers · asked by Trish7885 2 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
A Grand Jury is a group of people chosen by the prosecution and defense attorneys to fairly decide if there is enough evidence for your case to go to trial. If there is not enough evidence the case is dismissed. If there is enough evidence, the jury decides that the case must go to trial. The word indicted means to accuse. The grand jury therefore formally indicts/accuses that there is enough evidence to say that you may have committed a serious criminal act, eg murder, conspiracy, etc. You are therefore made to appear before a court to answer the charges levelled against you.Indictable offences are normally tried by jury, unless the accused waives the right to a jury trial. In common law systems, the accused is not normally entitled to a jury trial if the offence charged does not require an indictment; the main exception here is again the U.S., where the Sixth Amendment mandates the right of having a jury trial for any criminal offense punishable by imprisonment for more than six months.
2006-09-26 03:43:29 · answer #1 · answered by msneed2no 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
indited means charged with a crime by formal legal process grand jury is a body of people often 23 of them that have permanent seats for a specified amount of time and decide whether to issue indictments based on evidence.
The 5th amendment to the constitution requires an indictment by a grand jury before a person can be tried for serious offenses
2006-09-26 10:34:32 · answer #2 · answered by j918101080 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grand jury's are seated to review all the evidence in a case to determine if there is sufficient evidence to proceed to a trial of the individual being examined. The grand jury will examine all the evidence. They can call witnesses and take testimony. In short, it is a private trial to determine if the person should be tried or not. If the Grand jury decides that there is sufficient evidence to proceed to trial, they return an indictment and the person will be scheduled for trial.
2006-09-26 12:02:13 · answer #3 · answered by price7204 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means your goin down...
down town
like James Brown.
It means a Grand Jury has charged you with a crime and you are in so much trouble...you better wish Johnny Cochran were still alive.
2006-09-26 10:26:47 · answer #4 · answered by Warrior 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
indicted means convicted by a jury.
2006-09-26 10:25:47 · answer #5 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They want to ask you questions about an illegality, like the Barry Bonds-BALCO case
2006-09-26 10:26:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means someone is right in the s..t im afraid
thanks
2006-09-26 10:32:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That dispite of what any other court says, YOU ARE GUILTY!
2006-09-26 10:32:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you are guilty.
2006-09-26 10:25:31 · answer #9 · answered by Mary Smith 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do u mean indicted?
2006-09-26 10:53:35 · answer #10 · answered by snyl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋