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The grand jury has been criticized, however, as ineffective in protecting the rights of the accused. In the words of Sol Wachtler, a former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich if the prosecutor asked it to do so. [7] The decision was "reaffirmed in numerous cases" in the early 20th century. [8]
On June 15, 2018, following an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California in San Francisco that lasted more than two years, a federal grand jury indicted Holmes and former Theranos chief operating officer and president, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, on nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Thomas O'Brien, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, undertook prosecution of federal charges in connection with the case. [11] [9] On May 15, 2008, Drew was indicted by the Grand Jury of the United States District Court for the Central District of California on four counts. [6]
Detectives asked anyone with information relevant to this investigation to call the Sheriff’s Office at 916-874-5115 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at 916-443-4357. Show comments Advertisement
A California man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of ...
It requires grand juries to be composed of 16 to 23 members and that 12 members must concur in an indictment. [15] [16] A grand jury is instructed to return an indictment if the probable cause standard has been met. The grand jury's decision is either a "true bill" (formerly billa vera, resulting in an indictment), or "no true bill".
A Shawnee County grand jury recently indicted a former civilian sheriff's office employee on 333 counts of perjury and making false information, Sheriff Brian C. Hill announced Wednesday.
California (1884), the Supreme Court held that the Grand Jury Clause was not incorporated to apply to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment. [20] If the grand jury right attaches, every element of the charged crime must be submitted to the grand jury. [21] Thus, the prosecution cannot augment the indictment without returning to a grand jury. [22]