Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
jury
what usually happens when a case
is 9 years old, and one of the
suspects never left the county in
which the murders happened, and
out of the blue, the police arrest
him with no warrant, and then
charge him with murder with no
new evidence, no physical
evidence, and the case is based
soley on circumstances and
speculation made by the cops.
someone has been doing life in
prison already for the crime, based
on good physical evidence, and is
now dead. what do you think the
jury will think?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: jury
Probably the jury will convict him, and they'll throw away the key. But there's no way of knowing for sure.
Re: jury
Impossible to tell what the jury will think given the scant evidence you provided. That said, there is no statute of limitations on murder and any case can be prosecuted and tried based on circumstantial evidence only.
I would imagine there is some new evidence which prompted the prosecution to charge the case now. Some new confession, statement or something to that effect I would bet.
This is serious stuff and the defendant would be best advised to get a good lawyer.
Jacek W. Lentz, Esq.
310.273.1361
www.lentzlawfirm.com
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