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Circuit court judges preside over cases involving breach of contract, civil wrongs where monetary damages are awarded, and disputes over title to real property. These judges also issue injunctions and orders of wage garnishment. Moreover, circuit court judges make decisions concerning adoption and election contests.
Circuit Courts hear felony criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits. Circuit Courts hear appeals from County, Justice and Municipal courts and from administrative boards and commissions such as the Workers' Compensation Commission and the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
A charge is brought against someone by a prosecutor. But in an indictment, a grand jury brings the charges against the defendant. All indictments are charges, but not all charges are indictments.
After you're indicted, then you'll go to trial. Getting to trial, however, isn't as cut and dry as it's portrayed on television. There will be numerous pre-trial hearings, and depending on how busy the courts are in your state, it can be months or even years before you'll ever make it before a jury.
All minor criminal cases are heard in the District Court summarily (i.e., without a jury). The Circuit Court has the jurisdiction to hear all non-minor offences, except murder, rape, aggravated sexual assault, treason, piracy and related offences.
If the grand jury decides not to indict, it returns a "no bill." However, even if a grand jury doesn't indict, the prosecutor can return to the same grand jury and present additional evidence, get a new grand jury, or even file criminal charges regardless.
The criminal statute of limitations requires prosecutors to file criminal charges against a suspect within two years for misdemeanors and within five years for certain felonies, but there is no time limit in Mississippi for charges of murder, kidnapping, rape, burglary, robbery, larceny, and several other serious
Sixteen-year-old William Haymon has spent more than 500 days in an adult jail in rural Lexington, Mississippi. There are no state rules governing how long a person can be incarcerated without being formally charged with a crime.