Anonymous ID: 915a23 May 12, 2018, 10:12 p.m. No.1393018   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>3062

>>1392849

Sealed Indictment is an official way of accusing someone of a felony crime. Indicted means the case has gone before a grand jury of up to 23 people, and those people believe that the suspect probably has committed the crime he's accused of and should be brought to trial. A sealed indictment is the same thing done in secret, so the offender doesn't know he's about to be arrested.

Anonymous ID: 915a23 May 12, 2018, 10:16 p.m. No.1393062   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>1393018

>>1392849

 

At some appropriate moment which prosecutors decide, the indictment is unsealed and a warrant is issued for the suspect's arrest. So, while an indictment may start out sealed, it will become unsealed before the defendant goes to trial.

 

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