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Do you have a clue as to what the invovment is of the Federal Grand Jury in Fresno,Kirk McAllister is referring to?

22 MR. MCALLISTER: Could I add on to that, Your Honor?
23 I had also asked for any Federal Grand Jury information
24 previously, and we have been provided with Federal Grand
25 Jury subpoenas and the products of those subpoenas. A
26 couple of days ago I was informed that there may have
27 actually been testimony taken at a Federal Grand Jury in
28 Fresno. I can't represent that that's happened, but the

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1 person that I was talking to believed that there had
2 actually been testimony taken relating to this investigation
3 in the federal court in Fresno.
4 So if that is so, then I would also be requesting
5 transcripts of any of that prior testimony. It would
6 certainly be the same witnesses we'd be dealing with in this
7 case, and it's the same investigation.
8 THE COURT: Who's handling it over here?
9 MR. DISTASO: I will, Your Honor.
10 Your Honor, we have -- we've made multiple requests to
11 the FBI to turn over all of their information. So far, this
12 is what they've -- you know, we've turned over everything
13 that they've given us. I'm not really sure what else we can
14 do in that regard.
15 So, I mean, if the Court wants to make an order that
16 the -- you know, the resident agency of the FBI is ordered
17 to turn over any closed-circuit TV videos, I'm happy for the
18 Court to do that, and if I receive them, I'm happy to turn
19 them over to the defense. But that's pretty much my
20 position on this.
21 I've made repeated requests to many, many agencies to
22 turn over all of their information. I've received
23 information from many, many agencies, and I've turned all of
24 that information over to the defense.
25 THE COURT: What about the Federal Grand Jury? What
26 information do you have there?
27 MR. DISTASO: I have no information on that at all that
28 anyone's testified at a Federal Grand Jury.

Yes--strange, isn't it?

They say it's "the same investigation". So I can only conclude that, if there really are federal proceedings going on, then they concern the case of Laci and her murder.

One thing: the only reason I think it's Fresno is b/c the federal district court which covers that area (Modesto and other towns) probably just happens to be located in Fresno. As we know, a federal district will cover more than one county.

A person can be prosecuted for the same crime in federal court and in state court. Don't know if that's what's happening here or not. Sounds like the federal proceedings haven't ripened into a prosecution yet. But it is a fact that a person can get hit with charges from both the federal criminal court, and the state court--for the very same criminal act. It's not double jeopardy b/c they are "different sovereigns" that are prosecuting him.