Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

Re: grand jury no bill

Yes, but in state court they have to get permission from the court to represent. Usually the finding of new evidence will trigger such action. Sometimes prosecutors present their weaker case to the grand jury in hopes that they can get the indictment on that and hold onto other evidence that while related is not sufficiently tied to the first presentment so as to trigger a need to go to the court for permission to represent.

In federal court it is not unlikely for a number of grand juries to look at a case and keep adding charges and defendants. The cases are more freely re-presented.