Comments on: Anyone else think it might not be wise to declare that you have 123 sealed indictments for drug offenses? https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/10/16/anyone-else-think-it-might-not-be-wise-to-declare-that-you-have-123-sealed-indictments-for-drug-offenses/ "Agitate, agitate, agitate!" -Frederick Douglass Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: “Operation Sunset” - Caroline County Sheriff’s Office Makes Numerous Drug Arrests | I'm Surrounded By Idiots https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/10/16/anyone-else-think-it-might-not-be-wise-to-declare-that-you-have-123-sealed-indictments-for-drug-offenses/comment-page-1/#comment-3606 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:51:06 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=1528#comment-3606 […] No word how much evidence was destroyed or many people eluded capture because the Commonwealth’s Attorney decided to blabbed to The Caroline Progress about how many sealed … […]

]]> By: Timothy Watson https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/10/16/anyone-else-think-it-might-not-be-wise-to-declare-that-you-have-123-sealed-indictments-for-drug-offenses/comment-page-1/#comment-3361 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:19:53 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=1528#comment-3361 § 19.2-192.1 of the Code of Virginia:

Upon ex parte motion by the Commonwealth and for good cause shown, the circuit court may seal an indictment until such time as the defendant is arrested.

]]> By: Timothy Watson https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/10/16/anyone-else-think-it-might-not-be-wise-to-declare-that-you-have-123-sealed-indictments-for-drug-offenses/comment-page-1/#comment-3360 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:14:25 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=1528#comment-3360 I am not lawyer (but I have taken a couple law classes).

But as I understand sealed indictments in Virginia, they are not open to the public until the person has been arrested and presented to the Circuit Court.

Only then are the indictments unsealed.

And even if the number of indictments was available to the public, why would the Commonwealth’s Attorney make a point of stating the number?

]]> By: Lawyer Bob https://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2008/10/16/anyone-else-think-it-might-not-be-wise-to-declare-that-you-have-123-sealed-indictments-for-drug-offenses/comment-page-1/#comment-3358 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:51:04 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=1528#comment-3358 I’m not a lawyer, nor did I sleep at Holiday Inn Express last night. But, unless it’s a secret grand jury, then isn’t it public information as to the indictments, if true bills either publicized by name if not sealed, or if it involves indictees that might flee, it may be sealed, but the number of indictments have to be open to the public? Just askin’.

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