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At this point they have been indicted and charges have been filed (the link this post points to). The steps for an investigation are very straightforward[0], an
by alexggordon 9y ago
At this point they have been indicted and charges have been filed (the link this post points to). The steps for an investigation are very straightforward[0], and so now that we're past the charging process, if separate charges are found, it will result in another trial. I think it's pretty rare for simultaneous trials to be going on though, just based on anecdotal experience. It makes sense that prosecutors would want to wait to see the outcome of the first trial before issuing more charges.
[0] https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/steps-federal-criminal-process https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/steps-federal-crimi...
- dragonwriter 9y ago> so now that we're past the charging process, if separate charges are found, it will result in another trial. No, a superceding indictment can be filed to add, remove, or update charges. The page you linked to has a good general introduction to the process, but you are mistaken to conclude from it that once an indictment is filed it cannot be altered, and that a separate parallel track would need to be opened up for new charges.