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The grand jury would then appoint the complaining party to exercise essentially the same authority as a state attorney general has, that is, a general power of attorney to represent the state in the case. [20] The grand jury served to screen out incompetent or malicious prosecutions. [21]
A grand jury investigating the Arcadia Hotel fire in Boston, Massachusetts in December 1913.. Grand juries in the United States are groups of citizens empowered by United States federal or state law to conduct legal proceedings, chiefly investigating potential criminal conduct and determining whether criminal charges should be brought.
The issue of racial bias in jury selection has been complicated by the question of whose rights are implicated; the potential juror's, or the defendant's. [10] A Michigan Law Review article, published in 1978, asserted that young people, during that period, were under-represented on the nation's jury rolls. [11]
Jan. 20—The first Monongalia County grand jury of 2024 returned 97 indictments for 85 individuals during the session held Jan. 10-12 at the Monongalia County Justice Center. This is a ...
United States v. Williams, 504 U.S. 36 (1992), was a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the presentation of exculpatory evidence to a grand jury.It ruled that the federal courts do not have the supervisory power to require prosecutors to present exculpatory evidence to the grand jury.
Monroe County Administrator Roman Gastesi addresses a Big Pine Key audience in January 2018. Gastesi was indicted by a Florida Keys grand jury in August 2024, charged with one count of official ...
The County Court was first established in Victoria in 1852 by the County Courts Act 1852. A County Court operated in the County of Bourke and some regional towns. The County Courts were modelled on the British county courts, which were established in 1846. Originally, the Court's principal purpose was to handle small civil claims.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who was overseeing the panel, issued an order Monday dissolving the special grand jury. The order says the grand jurors completed a final report ...