It's most likely rape at this point. They wouldn't go to a Grand Jury if they planned to charge him with diddly stuff. Chris almost certainly passed a mental evaluation as fit for trial and refused a plea deal. There won't be any more sympathy or talk about insanity. He refused the prosecutor's offer and the gloves are off now.
if the charges were anything other than chris raping his senile mother the jury would likely buy the rob bell autistic adult child defense and feel pity for him and let him off easy but the prosecution is going to beat into their heads all the ways that chris would gaslight and rape his senile mother so theres no chance in hell he isnt going to prison
Charges would typically be made public after a grand jury if I am not mistaken.
True, but he could have multiple misdemeanors. Violation of a no-contact order, incest, something else related to transferring money.
Doubt it. Not only because it's just too good to be true, but it's also pretty much irrelevant to the case.
All the more reason to send Chris to prison/mental hospital: When the jury finds out Chris doesn't know how pleas work, can't make sound decisions, can't take care of himself and knows he's a threat to himself and others (cutting himself and hurting/raping Barb), the jury in good conscience can't allow to Chris to return to public life.
So does this increase or decrease the possibility of him being found guilty?
AFAIK, a jury is always more prone to thinking someone is guilty than any legal entity.
What would be the charge though?
It increases the possibility of Chris shitting himself.
We don't know. What we do know more or less objectively is that he raped his mom, but this isn't how the law sees it (yet) (maybe) (hopefully) (God please, let this story end)
A grand jury in Virginia is just a bunch of random citizens. They get a list of cases and then decide on every single one of them that the defendant gets to go to trial on the felonies they're charged with.
