Re: Marlon Humphrey arrested for robbery (over a phone charger...)
When I was a prosecutor in Montgomery (many, many years ago...), they started me off with preliminary hearings. If the judge found that there was probable cause that a crime had occurred and that the defendant had committed it, the judge would send the case to the grand jury. If memory serves, the judge would "bind the defendant over to the grand jury." If the judge didn't find probable cause the judge would dismiss the case and order the defendant's bond cancelled. That's what happened here (and, yes, he gets the bond money back).
In theory, the DA's office could still present the case to the grand jury and seek an indictment which would bring the case back to life. My thinking is that, unless there's more evidence out there, they likely won't.
When I was a prosecutor in Montgomery (many, many years ago...), they started me off with preliminary hearings. If the judge found that there was probable cause that a crime had occurred and that the defendant had committed it, the judge would send the case to the grand jury. If memory serves, the judge would "bind the defendant over to the grand jury." If the judge didn't find probable cause the judge would dismiss the case and order the defendant's bond cancelled. That's what happened here (and, yes, he gets the bond money back).
In theory, the DA's office could still present the case to the grand jury and seek an indictment which would bring the case back to life. My thinking is that, unless there's more evidence out there, they likely won't.
