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The day after his arrest, prosecutors unsealed a grand jury indictment. That indictment listed a “Victim-1,” whose allegations mirrored those of Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, a singer and former ...
United States Atty. Martin Estrada stands next to photos of the 37 members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Florencia 13 street gang that were charged by a grand jury with federal ...
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against three young people who they say robbed a string of banks across Northern California last year by using Instagram to recruit women to walk ...
Griffin v. California, 380 U.S. 609 (1965), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled, by a 6–2 vote, that it is a violation of a defendant's Fifth Amendment rights for the prosecutor to comment to the jury on the defendant's declining to testify, or for the judge to instruct the jury that such silence is evidence of guilt.
Prosecutors dismissed the charges after admitting that True the Vote co-founder Gregg Phillips provided a tip that sparked the inquiry into Yu and also testified before the grand jury that ...
United States v. Williams, 504 U.S. 36 (1992), was a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the presentation of exculpatory evidence to a grand jury.It ruled that the federal courts do not have the supervisory power to require prosecutors to present exculpatory evidence to the grand jury.
A grand jury's constitutional role is to prevent prosecutorial misconduct, verifying that the presented information (accusation) is sufficient evidence to pursue a prosecution. To achieve this, a grand jury is given investigative powers such as being able to issue subpoenas and compel witnesses to testify without a lawyer present. [6]
Former Oakland, California, Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled by voters in November, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on corruption charges.. In addition to Thao, the Justice Department ...