How long can someone be held in county jail without being indicted?

A defendant held in custody for more than ninety days without having been indicted is entitled to a reasonable bond pursuant to Georgia law. -...

How long does the grand jury have to indict me for trafficking meth in ga. ?

The Georgia statute of limitations relevant to drug crimes, O.C.G.A. § 17-3-1(c), requires that a formal prosecution commence, that is, that an...

How long does a grand jury have to indite me for trafficking meth from Georgia to Tennessee in 2016 ?

The federal statute of limitations relevant to drug crimes, 18 U.S.C. § 3282(a), requires a formal prosecution to commence, that is, that an...

Your son had fourteen days from the date of the judgment's being issued to file a notice of appeal, and he has one year from the judgment's...

What will happen if my son has a first time offender status that hasn't been completed but catches a new charge with weapon?

Your child's possessing the firearm may serve as the basis for a new offense (if the State can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt) and as a...

Unless the trial court grants your son permission to file an out-of-time speedy trial demand (the court's permission is required to file outside of...

How long will someone serve on a 60 month federal charge if they served 2 years on house arrest?

If the US District Court ordered the home confinement pursuant to an Order Setting Conditions of Release, that period of home confinement will not...

My federal probation officer told me today that she can revoke me until my restitution is paid?

The US Probation Officer may petition the US District Court to consider whether you've violated your sentence of supervised release any time that...

If a foreign national jumped bail for a federal crime and left the USA in the early 1990s can they ever return to the USA?

Statutes of limitation only require that the Government initiate a formal prosecution, by the filing of an indictment or information, against a...

The federal government, because it's a separate entity or "sovereign" from any state government, may indict a defendant on federal charges based on...