New York State Supreme Court. What happens after a Grand Jury votes an indictment? Once a defendant has been indicted for a felony charge and the indictment has been filed, he or she is arraigned on the indictment in Supreme Court. Criminal Court no longer has jurisdiction over a defendant once an indictment has been filed.
Tennessee was the first state to make car seats mandatory in 1978, by 1988 the rest of the states had adopted it.
The initial effective date of seat belt legislation varies according to the state. New York was the first to make seat belts a legal requirement for adults and non-infant passengers on Dec. 1, 1984. Other states followed over the next 10 years with Maine becoming the last state on Dec. 26, 1995. Continue Reading.