[Spunky]

P.S. Because of what I read in that article on Grand Juries and Preliminary's leading me to think they do not convene at the same time on the same case I still come to the conclusion that whatever that Grand Jury in Fresno is doing is not about Scott murdering Laci, but some other case that ties Scott and the Company he works for together.

But I may be misunderstanding the whole process still as I can do that. :-)

[Devil_Anse]

Re: the grand jury in Fresno.

Remember, that is a FEDERAL grand jury, and they are in the STATE courts with the preliminary hearing. It is possible for a person to be prosecuted by both the feds and the individual state--for the same crime. It's not double jeopardy, b/c it's two different sovereigns doing the prosecuting.

IMO, they used the federal grand jury in Fresno b/c it gave them subpoena power for records, etc., that they needed a subpoena to get. Yes, they could have subpoenaed the same stuff in the state court, but they wouldn't have gotten it as early, and besides, the federal court has a longer reach with its subpoenas.

[drjulie]

"But I may be misunderstanding the whole process still as I can do that. :-)"


Thank you!