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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.
This part of the trial process can take anywhere from 3 months to a couple of years. Usually though the process is finished in a matter of a few months. Following this, the felony case moves into the trial phase. This phase of the trial process usually takes from 4 days to 2 weeks. However extremely difficult and complicated cases can take several months. This is where the jury decides the case based on the prosecutor's and defendant's attorney's arguments. Once this is done the case will move forward.