Legal Insurrection by Mary Chastain Monday, August 7, 2023
Judge in Trump Documents Case Questions Prosecution’s Use of Out-of-District Grand Jury
The case is handled in Judge Aileen Cannon’s Fort Pierce, FL, courtroom. However, most of the grand jury work is happening through a D.C. grand jury.Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida denied the DOJ’s request for sealed filings and questioned its use of D.C. grand juries in the Mar-a-Lago case.
Special Counsel Jack Smith asked for a Garcia hearing regarding attorney Stanley Woodward Jr. A Garcia hearing is:
Garcia hearing refers to hearing held under criminal procedure to ensure that a defendant who is one of two or more defendants represented by the same attorney realizes the following :
1.that there is a risk of conflict of interest inherent in the joint representation ;
2.that s/he is entitled to the services of an attorney who does not represent anyone else in the defendant’s case.
More:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/08/judge-in-trump-documents-case-questions-prosecutions-use-of-out-of-district-grand-jury/
