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To: mewzilla

In the Grand Jury room? My gosh, that's astounding.


24 posted on 10/04/2005 11:43:37 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

In the room. If I understood Delay correctly, that's what DeLay had heard. Those folks ought to be gone over with a fine toothed comb, too.


31 posted on 10/04/2005 11:47:18 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Howlin
In the Grand Jury room? My gosh, that's astounding.

This is what I read about the filming.

Ronnie Earle: Ethics Be Damned!

107 posted on 10/04/2005 12:59:50 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: Howlin

I didn't catch if the jurors were present when the film crew allegedly entered the GJ room.


115 posted on 10/04/2005 1:26:39 PM PDT by GretchenM (Hooked on porn and hating it? Visit http://www.theophostic.com .)
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To: Howlin; mewzilla
How about the people doing the movie? DeLay said while on Limbaugh's show earlier that he, DeLay, had heard that Earle had allowed the film crew's cameras inside the grand jury room. The movie's backers ought to be looked into as well.

In the Grand Jury room? My gosh, that's astounding.

And apparently ILLEGAL...

[TEXAS] CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 20. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE GRAND JURY
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/CR/content/htm/cr.001.00.000020.00.htm

Art. 20.011. Who may be present in grand jury room

(a) Only the following persons may be present in a grand jury room while the grand jury is conducting proceedings:

(1) grand jurors;

(2) bailiffs;

(3) the attorney representing the state;

(4) witnesses while being examined or when necessary to assist the attorney representing the state in examining other witnesses or presenting evidence to the grand jury;

(5) interpreters, if necessary; and

(6) a stenographer or person operating an electronic recording device, as provided by Article 20.012.

(b) Only a grand juror may be in a grand jury room while the grand jury is deliberating.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1011, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.


180 posted on 10/04/2005 6:17:10 PM PDT by Stultis
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