Uh oh Joe Mixon

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(02-03-2023, 09:31 AM)Sled21 Wrote: No, you're confusing probably cause and reasonable suspicion. They are different standards. A person can go to court and sign a criminal complaint alleging just about anything. The kicker is this is a sworn document. That's reasonable suspicion and a warrant can be issued by the court. Probably Cause is established at the Preliminary Hearing where a judge will hear enough testimony to decide if there is probable cause to send it to the Grand Jury. At the Grand Jury, only the prosecution gets to present it's evidence, and the GJ decided if there is enough evidence for it to go to trial. I could go to the court this morning and state me and Psychdoctor got in an argument, and he pulled a gun on me. The thing is, I have to be willing to sign on the dotted line it is a sworn statement, and if I'm lying, I am subject to prosecution myself. 

I testified as a witness at my first GJ a few weeks ago. 

Wasn't anything like i expected. Walked into a small side room and there were a bunch of people sitting in chairs, lining two walls, with the prosecutor at the head of a table in the middle of the room and a few other people around. Got sworn in, asked a couple quick questions, answered and then i was outta there.