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.
(b) Waiving Indictment. An offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year may be prosecuted by information if the defendantâin open court and after being advised of the nature of the charge and of the defendant's rightsâwaives prosecution by indictment. (c) Nature and Contents. (1) In General.