By Mayo Clinic Staff. Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) is a condition in which your thyroid gland produces too much of the hormone thyroxine. Hyperthyroidism can accelerate your body's metabolism significantly, causing sudden weight loss, a rapid or irregular heartbeat, sweating, and nervousness or irritability.
BUT, at a minimum, the State has three years in which to get him indicted (some felonies, it's longer than that), which means that all they have to do is bring the charge before a grand jury at any later point that's still within the statute of limitations, get him indicted then, and file the new case.
The statute of limitations is five years for most federal offenses, three years for most state offenses. The federal and state grand juries are impaneled for a specific period of time; however, if they do not reach a conclusion on your case, the prosecutor can start over with the newly impaneled grand jury.