While his parents may have to take out a second mortgage to keep supporting him well into the fall, it looks like Joey gets a little longer reprieve. But the bad news is that this date is a special set date, there is no more wiggling out of it, the trial will start on that date.
Also, I'm hearing from several sources that Presley has moved out and is living with Susan Huslebus and not with Joey despite him calling her his "fiance" in his latest manifesto. All play and no work makes Joey a dull boy.
what are your throughts on the waxahachie daily light publisher sitting on joey's grand jury in jan? tell me thats not a setup.
ReplyDeleteIt's not that big of a county, luck of the draw - no conspiracy or "set up". Jury members are summoned, selected & qualified the same way for a criminal trial. Does Joey know that he has a right to contest selection of a particular juror? Even if he was in jail? Do you and Joey know that if the publisher was summoned & selected but didn't serve, he/she could face charges?
ReplyDeletewhat about everyone else on the GJ that signed off on it as well?
ReplyDeleteGood point - no less than 9, no more than 14 members, if I recall correctly.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, I'm a little disappointed by the WDL publisher at the moment. They were a day late reporting on the murder in Ennis, then the story was inaccurate. And there was a huge brawl at the park in Waxahachie last night, with shots fired, brass knuckles, numerous injuries and arrests. Nothing in the paper today........
ReplyDeleteNo the DA picks the grand jury with no input from the accused. And the random selection process is secret
ReplyDeleteYes but they don't even need the GJ to press the charges. The DA uses the GJ to find out for itself if it has a very good shot at conviction before proceeding with an actual trial. So it would make no sense, or add any benefit to the case by stacking a GJ with its own people to get them to say guilty only to have it fall apart in the actual trial. Its like internal polling right before election day, you dont do it to make yourself feel good, you do it to see exactly where you really are.
ReplyDeleteMVZ: wrong answer but thanks for playing along. Please read the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure; Chapter 19 Organization of the Grand Jury, before you try again.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read it lately, but I recall that jury members are selected by Commissioners, who are appointed by a District Judge to serve a specific term. Summons are sent by the Commissioners to registered voters in the county, just like all other jury trials. Any person can challenge the qualifications of a juror BEFORE the juror is impaneled.
@gingersnapoftruth: You are usually right on target but missed it slightly this time when you said, "The DA uses the GJ to find out for itself if it has a very good shot at conviction before proceeding with an actual trial." In Texas a Grand Jury indictment is necessary for a felony charge to reach the court stage unless that right is waived by the defendant, in which case it is presented by an information.
ReplyDeleteOk, thanks for clearing that up. I know they dont actually need it in several states
ReplyDeleteIt helps if you actually read the code. "In lieu of the selection of prospective jurors by means
ReplyDeleteof a jury commission, the district judge may direct that 20 to 125
prospective grand jurors be selected and summoned, with return on
summons, in the same manner as for the selection and summons of
panels for the trial of civil cases in the district courts. The
judge shall try the qualifications for and excuses from service as a
grand juror and impanel the completed grand jury in the same manner
as provided for grand jurors selected by a jury commission."
This is what happens in ellis and then the they are picked without any questioning by the Defendants because......... they are not defendants until indicted... people like you are amazing with opinions and more opinions So now you have something better to do today learn how to read .
who is posting as "MVZ" on here? I can't wait till that new law comes out that requires everyone to post using their full name and id.
ReplyDelete@ barbaracus:
ReplyDelete1) I said I hadn't read the code recently.
2) Nothing in your first paragraph contradicts my understanding of the code the last time I read it or my earlier comments. Civil and criminal jurors are pretty much picked the same way. I know this not from reading TX codes but because I have been summoned and seated as a juror in Ellis County several times for criminal & civil cases.
3) Joey clearly knew that Ellis County charges were pending, as do most folks whose cases are presented to a Grand Jury. Initial investigations are usually not a secret. The big clue for Joey would have been when the police showed up with warrants to take stuff out of his house.
4) With ALL of the stuff Joey posted about court corruption, seems to me he would have taken special care to make sure he and his case received due process under the laws of our Country, State & County. Based on Joey's posts and history, I will stick to my opinion that it's too late for Joey et al to cry foul now and claim the jury was fixed.
5) After seeing your post I read the code again to see if anything changed with regard to challenging a juror's qualifications. Nothing's changed, here you go:
Art. 19.27. [358] [409] [397] ANY PERSON MAY
CHALLENGE. Before the grand jury has been impaneled, any person may challenge the array of jurors or any person presented as a grand juror. In no other way shall objections to the qualifications and legality of the grand jury be heard. Any person confined in jail in the county shall upon his request be brought into court to make such
challenge.
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ReplyDeleteThis is what you all sound like.
LOL, very cute. Think Tank should team up with Brannon Bridge.
ReplyDeleteShut up homo.
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