Section 12-16-201 – When Grand Jurors May Be Required to Disclose Testimony of Witnesses.
Section 12-16-201 When grand jurors may be required to disclose testimony of witnesses. A grand juror may be required by any court to disclose the testimony of any witness examined before the grand jury for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is consistent with the testimony given by the witness before the court or on […]
Section 12-16-217 – No Person to Prevent Testimony or to Induce to Withhold or Give False Testimony.
Section 12-16-217 No person to prevent testimony or to induce to withhold or give false testimony. No person shall willfully by any means whatever, directly or indirectly, conditionally or unconditionally, obstruct, impede or prevent or attempt or endeavor to obstruct, impede or prevent any person summoned, subpoenaed or called to testify before any grand jury […]
Section 12-16-202 – Charging of Grand Jury.
Section 12-16-202 Charging of grand jury. (a) The judges of the several courts in this state in which grand juries are organized and empaneled shall give a special charge to the grand jury relative to the criminal laws of this state against the following offenses: laws regulating the ownership, registration and carrying of weapons, violations […]
Section 12-16-218 – Damage to Participant’s Property or Person Prohibited.
Section 12-16-218 Damage to participant’s property or person prohibited. No person shall injure or endeavor to injure the property or person of any grand juror, witness, prosecutor, judicial officer, or grand jury reporter as a result of their participation in, appearance, or testimony before any duly empaneled grand jury. (Acts 1979, No. 79-457, p. 745, […]
Section 12-16-203 – Finding of Indictments for Misdemeanors Generally.
Section 12-16-203 Finding of indictments for misdemeanors generally. The grand jury shall not be bound to find an indictment for any misdemeanor, where no prosecutor appears, unless 12 of their number think it necessary for the public good. (Code 1852, §546; Code 1867, §4096; Code 1876, §4769; Code 1886, §4352; Code 1896, §5038; Code 1907, […]
Section 12-16-219 – Oath of Secrecy; Effect of Refusal.
Section 12-16-219 Oath of secrecy; effect of refusal. Any prosecutor, grand jury foreman, or circuit court may require all persons testifying in or before a grand jury to submit to an oath or affirmation of secrecy. The failure of any witness to be so sworn shall not relieve such witness of any criminal liability imposed […]
Section 12-16-204 – Concurrence of 12 Jurors Required for Finding of Indictment; Endorsement and Signature of Indictment Generally.
Section 12-16-204 Concurrence of 12 jurors required for finding of indictment; endorsement and signature of indictment generally. The concurrence of at least 12 grand jurors is necessary to find an indictment, and when so found it must be endorsed “a true bill” and the endorsement signed by the foreman. (Code 1852, §554; Code 1867, §4104; […]
Section 12-16-220 – Evidence, Other Than Juror’s Questions, Considerations, etc., Disclosed to District Attorney’s Staff.
Section 12-16-220 Evidence, other than juror’s questions, considerations, etc., disclosed to district attorney’s staff. Grand jury evidence other than the questions, considerations, debates, deliberations, opinions or votes of any grand juror may be disclosed by a district attorney or other prosecutor in the performance of his official duties to members of his staff for the […]
Section 12-16-205 – Endorsement of Prosecutor’s Name on Indictment; Endorsement on Indictment Where No Prosecutor Appears.
Section 12-16-205 Endorsement of prosecutor’s name on indictment; endorsement on indictment where no prosecutor appears. If a prosecutor appears, his name must be endorsed by the foreman on the indictment; and, if no prosecutor appears, the words “no prosecutor” must be endorsed thereon. (Code 1852, §555; Code 1867, §4105; Code 1876, §4778; Code 1886, §4354; […]
Section 12-16-221 – Disclosures in Aid of Law Enforcement Investigations and in Public Interest.
Section 12-16-221 Disclosures in aid of law enforcement investigations and in public interest. A district attorney or other prosecutor may, in his or her discretion, disclose evidence taken within or before the grand juries of such circuit to law enforcement officers for the purpose of bona fide investigations into violations of criminal law. A district […]