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Sheriff Gonna Getcha · 06-21-2005, 03:09 PM

Paulskinsfan,

I don't need your bar number and trust that you are an attorney. While I also believe that you worked on a murder case involving a grand jury, ST's case isn't a murder case. I don't see why any proseuctor's office would impanel a grand jury on an aggravated assault charge.

While grand juries CAN be used by state prosecutors, they usually are not. Grand juries are expensive, time consuming, and logistically cumbersome. Accordingly, grand juries are usually only used to investigate when there is a distinct advantage over police investigative measures (i.e. cases involving complex criminal organizations, reluctant witnesses who won't voluntarily talk to police but can be compelled to talk in a grand jury, etc.). So, grand juries are often used in corruption, racketeering, drug dealing cases etc. For more info see MODERN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 713 (5th Ed. 1980). While states use grand juries in murder cases, etc., they are usually waived and I doubt that a grand jury will be used in ST's criminal prosecution.

06-21-2005, 03:09 PM	#8
Sheriff Gonna Getcha Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 45 Posts: 8,317	Re: Charges Against Taylor: Sit Tight, It's Not Over Yet Paulskinsfan, I don't need your bar number and trust that you are an attorney. While I also believe that you worked on a murder case involving a grand jury, ST's case isn't a murder case. I don't see why any proseuctor's office would impanel a grand jury on an aggravated assault charge. While grand juries CAN be used by state prosecutors, they usually are not. Grand juries are expensive, time consuming, and logistically cumbersome. Accordingly, grand juries are usually only used to investigate when there is a distinct advantage over police investigative measures (i.e. cases involving complex criminal organizations, reluctant witnesses who won't voluntarily talk to police but can be compelled to talk in a grand jury, etc.). So, grand juries are often used in corruption, racketeering, drug dealing cases etc. For more info see MODERN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 713 (5th Ed. 1980). While states use grand juries in murder cases, etc., they are usually waived and I doubt that a grand jury will be used in ST's criminal prosecution.