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.
If the grand jury finds probable cause, then it will return a. written statement of the charges, which is an indictment. Grand jurors sit on a. panel of 16 to 23 jurors and generally serve one to three days per month for 18.