Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

IN drug case the grandjurey rejects a case no indictment what does it meam?


Asked on 7/30/09, 12:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Robert Tuthill Law Office of Robert H. Tuthill

If a grand jury rejects a case, that means the grand jury did not find probably cause to charge the defendant. The state cannot prosecute a felony in the state of Texas without getting an indictment from a grand jury, unless the defendant waives their right to the rand jury.

In theory, the prosecutor could just go to a different grand jury and try to get them to indict. In practice, however, it is rare for the county to try to do this.

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Answered on 7/30/09, 3:26 pm


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