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  • Judge can't call grand jury in DeAunta Farrow case, court rules

    02/07/2008 3:14:05 PM PST · by SmithL · 2 replies · 122+ views
    LITTLE ROCK — A Crittenden County judge does not have the authority to call a special grand jury to investigate the shooting death by a police officer of a 12-year-old boy in West Memphis, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled today. Circuit Judge Victor Hill wanted a grand jury to investigate last year’s death of DeAunta Farrow. But special prosecutors handling the case objected, saying their investigation was still open and it was inappropriate for the circuit court to conduct its own probe simultaneously. The court agreed. “Under our superintending control, we cannot allow coordinate divisions of a single circuit to...