BATON ROUGE mdash; Just two weeks after being indicted, former Metro Councilman and current Superintendent LaMont Cole says the grand jury that charged him may not have had the authority to do so.Thatrsquo;s according to a motion Colersquo;s attorneys filed in court on Friday.In the motion, Colersq uo;s attorneys say District Attorney Hillar Moore needed to submit a written request for Attorney General Liz Murrillrsquo;s office to get involved with grand jury proceedings. Without Moorersquo;s request, Murrill would have needed a judgersquo;s approval to get involved, the filing says.ldquo;If no constitutionally sufficient written request or judicial authorization existedhellip;the resulting prosecutorial conduct exceeded the authority shown by the present record, and the indictment should be quashed,rdquo; attorneys wrote in their filing.In the filing, Colersquo;s attorney requested an evidentiary hearing, with the state submitting any written requests by Moore for advice or assistance in prosecuting Cole as well as showing who examined witnesses during the closed grand jury hearing and who presented Colersquo;s case.ldquo;We have no comment. The evidence speaks more loudly than anything I could say," Attorney General Liz Murrill said.Permalink| Comments ...read more read less