628.41 GRAND JURIES; MEMBERS; QUORUM; COMPENSATION. Subdivision 1. Definition. A grand jury is a body of persons returned at stated periods from the citizens of the county, or counties as provided in subdivision 2, before a court of competent jurisdiction, chosen by lot, and sworn to inquire as to public offenses committed or triable in […]
628.48 FAILURE TO REPORT; ATTACHMENT. Every grand and petit juror drawn and summoned to attend and serve at any term of a district court shall report to such court at the time and place designated in such summons. A failure to so report shall constitute contempt of court. On the first day of the term […]
628.54 CAUSES OF OBJECTION TO JUROR; HOW TRIED; DECISION ENTERED. An objection to an individual grand juror may be based on the cause that the grand juror: (1) is less than 18 years of age; (2) is not a citizen of the United States; (3) has not resided in this state 30 days; (4) lacks […]
628.56 FOREPERSON; JURY SWORN; CHARGE BY COURT. From the persons summoned to serve as grand jurors and appearing, the court shall appoint a foreperson, and it shall also appoint a foreperson whenever one already appointed shall be discharged or excused before such jury is dismissed. The grand jury shall then be sworn according to law, […]
628.57 JURY TO RETIRE; CLERK; DUTIES. The grand jury shall then retire to a private room and inquire into the offenses cognizable by it. It shall appoint one of its number clerk, who shall preserve the minutes of its proceedings, but not of the votes of the individual members on an indictment. History: (10618) RL […]
628.60 JUROR COMPLAINANT, WHEN. If a member of the grand jury shall know or have reason to believe that a public offense has been committed which is triable in the county, the member shall declare the same to the other jurors, who shall thereupon investigate the same. History: (10624) RL s 5282; 1986 c 444
628.61 MATTERS INQUIRED INTO. The grand jury shall inquire: (1) into the condition of every person imprisoned on a criminal charge triable in the county, and not indicted; (2) into the condition and management of the public prisons in the county; and (3) into the willful and corrupt misconduct in office of all public officers […]
628.62 ACCESS TO PRISONS AND RECORDS. The grand jury shall be entitled to free access at all reasonable times to the public prisons, and to the examination, without charge, of all public records in the county. History: (10626) RL s 5284
628.63 GRAND JURY; WHO MAY BE PRESENT; COUNTY ATTORNEY TO ATTEND; DUTIES. The grand jury may at all reasonable times ask the advice of the court, or of the county attorney, and the county attorney shall attend it for the purpose of framing indictments or examining witnesses in its presence. The persons specified in rule […]
628.65 MAKE DISCLOSURE, WHEN. Any grand juror may be required by any court to disclose the testimony of any witnesses examined before the grand jury, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is consistent with that given by the witnesses before the court, or to disclose the testimony given before it by any other person, […]
628.66 ACTION NOT TO BE QUESTIONED; EXCEPTION. A grand juror shall not be questioned for anything the juror may say or any vote the juror may give in the grand jury relative to a matter legally pending before the jury, except for a perjury of which the juror may be guilty in making an accusation, […]
628.68 DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS OF GRAND JURY. Except as otherwise provided in rule 18.07 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, every judge, grand juror, county attorney, court administrator, or other officer, who, except in the due discharge of official duty, shall disclose, before an accused person shall be in custody, the fact that an indictment […]
