Our 1968 Florida Constitution (Article I, Section 15(a), Declaration of Rights, Prosecution for Crime) states in haec verb: "No person shall be tried for capital crime without presentment or indictment by a grand jury, or for other felony without such presentment or indictment or an information under oath filed by the prosecuting officer of the court, except persons on active duty in the militia when tried by courts martial."
Is our St. Johns County Grand jury finally meeting? Our League of Women Voters started to ask my grand jury question of judicial candidates before primary, only to lose their nerve after two family court judges did not want to hear it.
St. Johns County Grand Jury rarely meets. Unless there's a murder, State's Attorney RALPH JOSEPH LARIZZA does not call it into session. Ever. Is Special Prosecutor Jeff Ashton subpoenaing witnesses to the grand jury? Watch the FB page, St. Augustine 2015.
Would it meet HERE b/c this is where those subpoenaed are? Why not take them to Ashton's turf.
ReplyDeleteI am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.
Thanks, Ed!