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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...220301336.html
No, the special prosecutor says there will be no GRAND jury. That means they will not be seeking an indictment through the normal route. To our GC lawyers, I wasn't aware you could skip the grand jury. How is this possible?
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If I remember right, Feds always have to have a Grand Jury because of the Fifth Amendment, but every state can have their own situations regarding Grand Juries due to their own rules of criminal procedure.
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Originally Posted by AXOmom
Not a lawyer, so I'll defer to more knowledgeable opinions, but one of the articles linked (or maybe it was one I read on the case) mentioned that in Florida the prosecutor is not required to call a grand jury unless the charge is 1st degree murder.
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That's how I read it; Zimmerman is charged with 2nd degree murder so there isn't a Grand Jury requirement.
As an aside, Pam Bondi the Florida Attorney General, definitely doesn't look like she will be 47 this year. She's a fair complected Florida native, how has she managed to avoid sun damage? She's a University of Florida Delta Delta Delta alumna, so perhaps she regularly swims with initiation dolphins and the water has magical preservation and healing powers?
http://myfloridalegal.com/
ETA: Zimmerman's new attorney is Mark M. O'Mara, who has been a "legal analyst" for a local television channel, and he's a member of S.A.E. (I'm assuming from University of Central Florida).
http://www.markomaralaw.com/Attorney...M-O-mara.shtml It looks like it is him and one associate who was admitted to the bar in 2011. Zimmerman's previous attorneys were also kind of interesting. Hal Uhrig used to be a cop and is part of a practice with five attorneys, whereas Craig Sonner looks to be in solo practice and has Esq. after his name on his webpage (lulz to Bill S. Preston). This has the potential to get farcical, real quick.