“Petraeus was never charged or indicted.”
I thought Petraeus plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of mishandling classified documents.
You’re correct. He did accept a plea bargain. The DOJ never filed charges to present the evidence to a grand jury to get an indictment.
IOW, you don’t have to be charged, indicted, tried and found guilty to end up in front of a judge for sentencing.