[paulskinsfan]

You are correct, the right to presentment to a Grand Jury is not a constitutional right under the US constitution, but as you know, States can afford more rights to their citizens than the US constitution, as long as the two do not conflict. In some jurisdictions Ramseyfan is correct, in about half he is not. You are also correct that I should not assume that FLA law was that of WVA, VA, Colorado, California, etc. I think my biggest issue with Ramseyfan's position was that he stated that Grand Juries are used exclusively in federal cases, and clearly they are not. Moreover, my experience with law enforcement is that they charge a Defendant with anything and everything under the sun, whether or not the evidence warrants it, in hopes that something will stick. Therefore, whether or not the charges against Taylor have merit probably won't be given serious consideration if they have even a scintilla of evidence against him. I apologize to all non-lawyers out there who have endured this thread, it is boring as hell and I didn't mean for a legal debate to go this far, so from now on Im only posting Skins material, I promise.