ADMJ 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Complete Control, W. M. Keck Observatory, Battered Person Syndrome

• School: GCC
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADMJ 103
• Professor: Jackson

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Goetz case (guy that shot the 4 kids on the bus). Ordinarily where there are grand juries (some states don"t, some only use them for homicides) They listen to evidence from the prosecutor only. Or their counsel are not present; no judge. Grand jurors are allowed to ask questions; allowed to ask prosecutor for more evidence. Their job is to decide whether there is probable cause ot believe that the committed the crime that is, enough evidence to hold over for trial. They issue either a true bill indictment goes out, or a no bill if there"s a no bill, prosecutor can gather more evidence and try again and again, and again, and again. Prosecutor does have a responsibility to give the jury the law that applies in the case. In this case, the prosecutor anticipated that self-defense would be an issue.