 Following guilty pleas in the federal case, Vick, Taylor, Peace, and Phillips were indicted on state felony charges relating to dog fighting under state laws by after indictments were returned by a local grand jury in Surry County, Virginia in September, 2007.Vick faced two felony counts under state laws and his jury trial in Surry County Circuit Court was to have begun on April 2, 2008.The maximum penalty if convicted on the state charges would be 10 years in prison.