Okay, so after shooting my mouth off, I thought "Can you back that up?" I had picked up my view here on the Forum but couldn't remember the specifics. You can be sued after a no-bill, BUT you can also use the no-bill as evidence that you are "immune from liability." Charles is obviously more astute with the details of the law. This is his explanation in another thread. (As always, thank you, Charles.)Goldspurs wrote:Ah. I did not think about that. Good point.goose wrote:The grand jury is actually a safety net for the LTC holder in this case. When (assuming) he gets no billed, he cannot be taken to civil court by the family of the perpetrator. While I would be scared to go in front of a grand jury, because you never know, they can provide a fair bit of protections to us that might choose to defend our families.Goldspurs wrote: Help me out here. If it is going before a grand jury does that mean he was charged by the DA? I assume it's just to see if there is enough to charge him, but I could be wrong. Either way, if enough witnesses corraborate his story he shouldn't even have to worry about this case going before a grand jury IMO.
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