Section 12-16-212 – Examination of Witnesses Before Grand Jury in Gaming and Lottery Cases.
Section 12-16-212 Examination of witnesses before grand jury in gaming and lottery cases. Witnesses before the grand jury, summoned to give evidence of any violation of the laws against gaming or lotteries, may be required to answer generally as to any such offense, within their knowledge, committed within the 12 months next preceding, without being […]
Section 12-16-231 – Discharge of Juror After Retirement of Jury.
Section 12-16-231 Discharge of juror after retirement of jury. If after the jury retire one of them becomes so sick as to prevent the discharge of his duty or any other cause or accident occurs to prevent their being kept together for deliberation, they may be discharged. (Code 1852, §650; Code 1867, §4202; Code 1876, […]
Section 12-16-213 – Refusal of Witness to Testify Before Grand Jury as to Gaming or Lottery.
Section 12-16-213 Refusal of witness to testify before grand jury as to gaming or lottery. Any person who is summoned as a witness before the grand jury to answer as to any gaming or lottery within his knowledge and who fails or refuses to attend and testify in obedience to such summons without a good […]
Section 12-16-232 – Consent by Parties to Discharge of Member of Jury and to Rendition of Verdict by Remaining Jurors.
Section 12-16-232 Consent by parties to discharge of member of jury and to rendition of verdict by remaining jurors. (a) At any stage of a trial then pending, whether the jury has retired or not, the parties may unanimously consent in open court, with legal effectiveness, to the discharge from further duty of any member […]
Section 12-16-214 – Legislative Findings; Desirability of Secrecy.
Section 12-16-214 Legislative findings; desirability of secrecy. The Legislature hereby finds, declares and determines that it is essential to the fair and impartial administration of justice that all grand jury proceedings be secret and that the secrecy of such proceedings remain inviolate. The provisions of this division are to be construed for the accomplishment of […]
Section 12-16-233 – Discharge of Jury and Entry of Mistrial.
Section 12-16-233 Discharge of jury and entry of mistrial. The court or presiding judge in all cases of jury trial may discharge the jury without giving a verdict, with the consent of all parties to the trial or without the consent of the parties, when, in the opinion of the court or judge, there is […]
Section 12-16-215 – Grand Juror, Witness, etc., Prohibited From Revealing, Disclosing, etc., a Juror’s Questions, Considerations, etc.; No Person to Directly, Indirectly, etc., by Any Means Obtain Information as to Juror’s Questions, Considerations, Etc.
Section 12-16-215 Grand juror, witness, etc., prohibited from revealing, disclosing, etc., a juror’s questions, considerations, etc.; no person to directly, indirectly, etc., by any means obtain information as to juror’s questions, considerations, etc. No past or present grand juror, past or present grand jury witness or grand jury reporter or stenographer shall willfully at any […]
Section 12-16-200 – Evidence Which May Be Received by Grand Jury; Examination, etc., of Witnesses.
Section 12-16-200 Evidence which may be received by grand jury; examination, etc., of witnesses. In the investigation of a charge for any indictable offense, the grand jury can receive no other evidence than is given by witnesses before them or furnished by legal documentary evidence, and any witness may be examined and compelled to testify […]
Section 12-16-216 – Grand Juror, Witness, etc., Prohibited From Revealing, Disclosing, etc., Form, Nature, etc., of Physical Evidence or Questions Asked; No Person to Directly, Indirectly, etc., by Any Means, Obtain Information as to Physical Evidence or Questions Asked; Exception as to State Prosecutions.
Section 12-16-216 Grand juror, witness, etc., prohibited from revealing, disclosing, etc., form, nature, etc., of physical evidence or questions asked; no person to directly, indirectly, etc., by any means, obtain information as to physical evidence or questions asked; exception as to state prosecutions. No past or present grand juror, past or present grand jury witness […]
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 […]