Whenever a sufficient number of the jurors of the original panel fail to attend before the grand jury is formed, the court may impanel the grand jury of so many of the original panel as may attend, and the rest of bystanders. If none of the original panel attend or no jurors have been appointed, […]
No person who has been guilty of any offense declared in § 39-12-103, relating to conspiracy to take human life or to injure persons or destroy property, shall be competent to sit or serve on any grand or traverse jury and it is the duty of the court to carefully exclude all such persons from […]
The judges of the circuit and criminal courts are authorized at any time during the same term of court to reconvene the grand jurors when, during the same term of court and after the jurors have been discharged, a criminal offense which is a felony has been committed in the jurisdiction.
Any person having knowledge or proof of the commission of a public offense triable or indictable in the county may testify before the grand jury. The person having knowledge or proof shall appear before the foreman. The person may also submit the sworn affidavits of others whose testimony the person wishes to have considered. The […]
The clerk of the court having trial level criminal jurisdiction in each county of this state shall cause to be published, not less than thirty (30) days nor more than forty (40) days before the grand jury meets, the following notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county: “It is the duty of […]
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, no person applying to testify before the grand jury shall be immune from prosecution based upon testimony subsequently given pursuant to the application, except under express grant of immunity by the grand jury.
Sections 40-12-104 — 40-12-106 are intended to supplement existing law relative to the rights, powers and duties involved in the grand jury process. Nothing in this part shall be construed in derogation of existing law, absent plain and irreconcilable conflict with §§ 40-12-104 — 40-12-106.
