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Question about sheriff and DA powers

Patriotic Voter said:
And the fact that she was only elected by Fulton County voters is why I am so confused about her role as a STATE prosecutor. Shouldn't a state prosecutor be on the ballot in all 150+ counties and be named as such?
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then there would be 49+ people running at once under that arrangement.
 
ClaraD said:
You do understand that Fulton county is where the state capital is located right? Where is the Georgia Board of Elections located? Where is the Secretary of State located?
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So Fani Willis has the power to prosecute state crimes in Fulton County. That does not give her the power to prosecute state crimes committed in Coffee County because it is in a different district.

Why is it so hard for people to understand it is just a coincidence she happens to work in the county with the state capital? Fulton County is still just one district, not the whole state.
 
Patriotic Voter said:
So Fani Willis has the power to prosecute state crimes in Fulton County. That does not give her the power to prosecute state crimes committed in Coffee County because it is in a different district.

Why is it so hard for people to understand it is just a coincidence she happens to work in the county with the state capital?
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The Coffee county elections administrator is subject to the ELECTION BOARD.....her crime is committed in Georgia and since the elections board holds jurisdiction....where precisely are they located? oh...Fulton County. They are located on MLK Blvd in Atlanta, Georgia....in Fulton County.

State Election Board | Georgia Secretary of State

State Election Board Landing Page
sos.ga.gov sos.ga.gov
 
Patriotic Voter said:
None of that has anything to do with using the job title district attorney for someone who is in charge of prosecuting state crimes, including those outside her own district. I read Coffee County is in southeast Georgia, near Jacksonville.
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It's not near Jacksonville...it is over 2 hours away from Jacksonville. You are confusing Camden County with Coffee County. Kingsland, GA is next to Jacksonville...I live in this area...so, don't even try it. I am an hour from Savannah.
 
Patriotic Voter said:
So Fani Willis has the power to prosecute state crimes in Fulton County. That does not give her the power to prosecute state crimes committed in Coffee County because it is in a different district.

Why is it so hard for people to understand it is just a coincidence she happens to work in the county with the state capital? Fulton County is still just one district, not the whole state.
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yes, it is just a coincidence...it wouldn't matter who the DA is...that would be the proper venue to try this case. Do you not understand that the Coffee Elections person TRANSFERS all of their ballots to Fulton County, Georgia?
 
Patriotic Voter said:
How is a district attorney empowered to enforce any laws outside her county? Only Fulton County voters elected her. She was elected to be the Fulton County prosecutor.
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Because the charges involve RICO, the Fulton County DA has the authority to go anywhere the charges lead including other states if they are part of her case.
 
Jessie C said:
Because the charges involve RICO, the Fulton County DA has the authority to go anywhere the charges lead including other states if they are part of her case.
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So if the co-defendants in Coffee County were not committing RICO violations, whoever the DA down there is would be in charge of tackling them separately.
 
Patriotic Voter said:
And the fact that she was only elected by Fulton County voters is why I am so confused about her role as a STATE prosecutor. Shouldn't a state prosecutor be on the ballot in all 150+ counties and be named as such?
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Local, county and state prosecutors work together to prosecute local, county and state crimes. Always have, always will.
Patriotic Voter said:
So Fani Willis has the power to prosecute state crimes in Fulton County. That does not give her the power to prosecute state crimes committed in Coffee County because it is in a different district.

Why is it so hard for people to understand it is just a coincidence she happens to work in the county with the state capital? Fulton County is still just one district, not the whole state.
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yes, she has the authority to prosecute state crimes from and in any county. Outside RICO even.

Cases get transferred regularly in the US. If I commit a crime in Coffee County, but I’m related to a judge or prosecutor or hold an office, am a “public official”, or can be seen as not capable of receiving a fair trial in Coffee County - or even if defense requests a change of venue - the case can be transferred to another county, jurisdiction, etc for prosecution.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Your statement that she doesn’t have the authority is wrong.
 
BirdinHand said:
Local, county and state prosecutors work together to prosecute local, county and state crimes. Always have, always will.

yes, she has the authority to prosecute state crimes from and in any county. Outside RICO even.

Cases get transferred regularly in the US. If I commit a crime in Coffee County, but I’m related to a judge or prosecutor or hold an office, am a “public official”, or can be seen as not capable of receiving a fair trial in Coffee County - or even if defense requests a change of venue - the case can be transferred to another county, jurisdiction, etc for prosecution.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Your statement that she doesn’t have the authority is wrong.
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Breath.
Fresh air.
Thankfully.
 
Patriotic Voter said:
So if the co-defendants in Coffee County were not committing RICO violations, whoever the DA down there is would be in charge of tackling them separately.
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The coffee county co-defendants are charged with RICO violations so it falls under the Fulton county indictments.
 
Lovebug said:
Oy vey, do you read all these helpful answers at just think of more questions instead?
You/we were offered ample explanations.
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im starting to question her "political leaning" thing here. This is what the cons/"libertarians" do. They ask a question, they get multiple answers and then continue to ask more. It's a never ending cycle. It's like they're not happy with the answer or something.

i hope im wrong.
 
madman said:
im starting to question her "political leaning" thing here. This is what the cons/"libertarians" do. They ask a question, they get multiple answers and then continue to ask more. It's a never ending cycle. It's like they're not happy with the answer or something.

i hope im wrong.
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I need to read over my posts. Dang, or not at.
 
Patriotic Voter said:
So if the co-defendants in Coffee County were not committing RICO violations, whoever the DA down there is would be in charge of tackling them separately.
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First, you don’t have a smoking gun with which to discredit the DA prosecuting Trump in Georgia. If that were indeed true, then you would never had made this post as it wouldn’t have happened.

Second, you are arguing a definition that you do not fully understand. Of what a DA is. The title matters not, the powers that the position have is. Your opinion on what the position is called is irrelevant and you only brought it up because the rest of your argument was debunked with several explanations.

Third, just to be clear, each state has different rules on how DA’s proceed with cases and where their jurisdictions may be. For example, here in Maryland, DA’s here are called state attorneys, even though they mostly operate within the county they are elected in…but can work within other local districts if crimes fall under RICO or where the state law allows it to…like how the states attorneys do between Baltimore Cory and Montgomery County.

This is me taking the long route to tell you that you don’t have an argument here….
 
Patriotic Voter said:
Some of the 19 co-defendants in the Georgia state election subversion case only committed crimes in Coffee or Cobb County. Kani Willis was only elected by Fulton County voters. So was the Fulton County sheriff. What gives them the power to charge co-conspirators who committed all the crimes they did outside Fulton County?
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I think your understanding of jurisdiction is quite poor.

Where you have conspiracy, complicity, facilitation, aiding and abetting, and/or accessory charges you don't have to live or be physically present in the county where the crime actually occurred.

There are other crimes where you need not be present.

A guy lives in Clermont County and is sex-chatting with a pre-teen who lives in Hamilton County. They Hamilton County prosecutor can certainly prosecute the guy even though he never set foot in Hamilton County.

In fact, you don't even have to live in the same State. You would, of course, have to be extradited to stand trial, but it's where the crime occurred, not where the participants live.
 
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