Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts
open indightments
if you are on trial for reciving stolen property and have 57 charges against you and are only indighted on 10 and found guilty and sentenced to jail for them what happens to the remaining open indightments and can they at anytime decide to indight you on the remaining 47?
2 Answers from Attorneys
open indictments
If you are in Superior Court, I would hope that:
1. You have an attorney; and
2. You have asked your attorney about this matter.
It is unclear from what you are describing what you mean by charges.
Indictments are charges that a grand jury issues that lead to your arraignment and disposition.
Charges can be a district court matter or some thing else.
Are you saying that you that there are 57 indictments against you???
Re: open indightments
If 10 of the charges were indicted in Superior Court, the remaining 47 may still be pending in District Court, or they may have been dismissed. All dismissals of this nature are generally without prejudice, meaning the prosecutor can bring them back at any time.
Feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions.
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