text: what % of people indicted by grand juries actually go to trial? i am more interested in the percentages stemming from "local" grand juries, not federal grand juries. i would suspect that the number approaches 100%.  once an intictment has been handed down, it must be handled somehow.  usually that's at trial.  even if the case is plead out, there will be a hearing where the guilty plea is accepted and sentence passed.  the state could dismiss the charges but that would be unusual.  some states invoke double jeopardy protections at that point if the case dismisses the charges.