01-25-2014, 08:46 AM
One must remember the purpose of a Grand Jury is to determine that Probable Cause only, not Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, exits in the testimony of witness to substantiate the Indictment as a True Bill, for the purpose of the issuance of an Arrest Warrant or in some cases a Penal Summons.
Probable Cause = what a reasonable person would believe that a crime was committed and the individual identified in the Indictment committed it.
Grand Jurors = a group of eligible peers in our community, a mixture of people from all walks of life, rich, poor, conservative, liberal etc...
In this case, the Grand Jury did find PC exists and did not necessarily need to determine if every item presented to them was in fact "beyond a reasonable doubt. This occurs often at this stage of many Grand Jury proceedings at Local, State and Federal levels. Hearsay is allowed. Most Prosecutor's use this method for strategy - mostly because of what? No cross-examination from the defense as only the Prosecutor, Stenographer, witnesses and the Juror's and only present. These proceedings are meant to be secret.
So again, a group of our peers found PC existed for the issuance of an Arrest Warrant only. If circumstances were different, the Defendant would have his day in court and the Defense Attorney could have challenged the Indictment and how the GJ came to there decision of the finding of a "True Bill".
Rob I'm getting better on staying on"point" and not bickering, but its tough with this crowd!
Probable Cause = what a reasonable person would believe that a crime was committed and the individual identified in the Indictment committed it.
Grand Jurors = a group of eligible peers in our community, a mixture of people from all walks of life, rich, poor, conservative, liberal etc...
In this case, the Grand Jury did find PC exists and did not necessarily need to determine if every item presented to them was in fact "beyond a reasonable doubt. This occurs often at this stage of many Grand Jury proceedings at Local, State and Federal levels. Hearsay is allowed. Most Prosecutor's use this method for strategy - mostly because of what? No cross-examination from the defense as only the Prosecutor, Stenographer, witnesses and the Juror's and only present. These proceedings are meant to be secret.
So again, a group of our peers found PC existed for the issuance of an Arrest Warrant only. If circumstances were different, the Defendant would have his day in court and the Defense Attorney could have challenged the Indictment and how the GJ came to there decision of the finding of a "True Bill".
Rob I'm getting better on staying on"point" and not bickering, but its tough with this crowd!