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The grand jury may accuse upon their own knowledge, but it is generally done upon the testimony of witnesses under oath and other evidence heard before them. Grand jury proceedings are, in the first instance, at the instigation of the government or other prosecutors, and ex parte and in secret deliberation. The accused has no knowledge nor ...
Although the government is obliged to make a record of all testimony before the grand jury, it is under no obligation to create producible material under the Jencks Act by calling key witnesses before the grand jury. [56] [57] The provision of the Jencks Act relating to disclosure of a witness' grand jury testimony address only disclosure at trial.
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.
News of this week’s grand jury testimony comes as the government indicated in a new public filing Wednesday that it has generated discovery material that includes video, audio and text messages ...
Chutkan's order allows Smith and his prosecutors to essentially defend their superseding indictment by presenting grand jury testimony and evidence that they believe bolsters their argument ...
Although Pence sought to avoid testifying before the grand jury on the grounds that he was acting as the president of the Senate when certifying the Electoral College vote, a federal judge ruled ...
In addition, grand jury witnesses may be prosecuted for perjury or making false statements in their testimony. In Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441 (1972), the US Supreme Court confronted the issue of the type of immunity, use or transactional, constitutionally required to compel testimony. The Court ruled that the grant of use and ...
The grand juror shared witness testimony to Instagram, calling witnesses “snitches,” federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. say.