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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 15. COURTS |
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Chapter 12. JURIES |
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Article 4. GRAND JURIES |
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Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| § 15-12-60. Qualifications of grand jurors |
| § 15-12-61. Number of grand jurors; votes necessary for indictment or presentment; alternate grand jurors; report on preceding grand jury by foreperson or clerk |
| § 15-12-62. Selection of grand jurors |
| § 15-12-62.1. Choosing of grand jurors |
| § 15-12-63. Choosing of separate grand juries for each week |
| § 15-12-64. Procedure where judge has failed to draw grand jury |
| § 15-12-65. Service of summons; time limits |
| § 15-12-65.1. Mailing of summonses; failure to receive notice |
| § 15-12-66. Tales jurors; drawing and summoning |
| § 15-12-66.1. Insufficient number of persons to complete panel of jurors |
| § 15-12-67. Appointment or election of foreman; oath of foreman and grand jurors |
| § 15-12-68. Oath of witnesses |
| § 15-12-69. Oath of bailiff attending grand jury |
| § 15-12-70. Disqualification for relationship to interested party |
| § 15-12-71. Duties of grand jury |
| § 15-12-72. Disclosures of grand jurors in court |
| § 15-12-73. Exclusion of admissions and communications among grand jurors |
| § 15-12-74. Grand jury presentment of offenses |
| § 15-12-75. Inspection of offices and records of certain county officials by grand jury |
| § 15-12-76. Appointment of citizen or citizen committee to examine offices and records of certain county officials; powers of those appointed; enforcement of inspection |
| § 15-12-77. Investigation and presentment of interference with court order or sentence; transmittal of presentment to Governor; penalty for failure of officer to make report |
| § 15-12-78. Inspection of county jails; recommendations and presentments |
| § 15-12-79. Inspection of public buildings, property, and records; report |
| § 15-12-80. Publication of general presentments |
| § 15-12-81. Notice of upcoming appointment by grand jury |
| § 15-12-82. Change of venue in criminal grand jury investigation |
| § 15-12-83. Attendance of stenographer at grand jury proceeding; use of recording device in lieu of stenographer |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 15 Chapter 12 Article 4 Part 1 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Grand jury investigations, § 16-11-10. Indictments generally, § 17-7-50 et seq. Selection of members of county boards of education by grand juries, § 20-2-51. Supervision by grand jury of preparation of voting machines, § 21-2-327. Proceedings before grand juries regarding boundary line changes, § 36-3-1 et seq.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
POWERS AND DUTIES NOT ALTERABLE BY SPECIAL LAWS. --Powers and duties of grand jury as stated in these statutes cannot be altered to enlarge, diminish, modify, or change them by any special laws. Bussell v. Youngblood, 239 Ga. 553, 238 S.E.2d 89 (1977).
CITED in Sweeney v. Balkcom, 358 F.2d 415 (5th Cir. 1966).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
NEITHER A DISTRICT ATTORNEY NOR MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S STAFF should be present for deliberations of the grand jury. 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U97-3.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Matters within investigating powers of grand jury, 22 ALR 1356; 106 ALR 1383; 120 ALR 437.
Power of grand jury to contract, 26 ALR 605.
Duration of imprisonment for refusal to answer question as a witness before the grand jury, 28 ALR 1364.
Communicating with grand jury as contempt, 29 ALR 489.
Prejudice of member of grand jury against defendant as ground of attack on indictment, 88 ALR 899.
Communicating with grand jury or member thereof as a criminal offense, 112 ALR 319.
Member of grand or petit jury as officer within constitutional or statutory provisions in relation to oath or affirmation, 118 ALR 1098.
Contemporaneous existence or functioning of two or more grand juries, 121 ALR 814.
Absence of grand jurors during hearing as affecting indictment, 156 ALR 248.
Right to challenge personnel of grand jury, 169 ALR 1169.
Libel and slander: proceedings, presentments, investigations, and reports of grand jury as privileged, 48 ALR2d 716.
Power of court to control evidence or witnesses going before grand jury, 52 ALR3d 1316.
Presence of unauthorized persons during state grand jury proceedings as affecting indictment, 23 ALR4th 397.
Individual's right to present complaint or evidence of criminal offense to grand jury, 24 ALR4th 316.
Age group underrepresentation in grand jury or petit jury venire, 62 ALR4th 859.
Presence of persons not authorized by Rule 6(d) of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure during session of grand jury as warranting dismissal of indictment, 68 ALR Fed. 798.
Civil liability of witness in action under 42 USCS § 1983 for deprivation of civil rights, based on testimony given at pretrial criminal proceeding, 94 ALR Fed. 892.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
POWERS AND DUTIES NOT ALTERABLE BY SPECIAL LAWS. --Powers and duties of grand jury as stated in these statutes cannot be altered to enlarge, diminish, modify, or change them by any special laws. Bussell v. Youngblood, 239 Ga. 553, 238 S.E.2d 89 (1977).
CITED in Sweeney v. Balkcom, 358 F.2d 415 (5th Cir. 1966).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
NEITHER A DISTRICT ATTORNEY NOR MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S STAFF should be present for deliberations of the grand jury. 1997 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U97-3.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR. --Matters within investigating powers of grand jury, 22 ALR 1356; 106 ALR 1383; 120 ALR 437.
Power of grand jury to contract, 26 ALR 605.
Duration of imprisonment for refusal to answer question as a witness before the grand jury, 28 ALR 1364.
Communicating with grand jury as contempt, 29 ALR 489.
Prejudice of member of grand jury against defendant as ground of attack on indictment, 88 ALR 899.
Communicating with grand jury or member thereof as a criminal offense, 112 ALR 319.
Member of grand or petit jury as officer within constitutional or statutory provisions in relation to oath or affirmation, 118 ALR 1098.
Contemporaneous existence or functioning of two or more grand juries, 121 ALR 814.
Absence of grand jurors during hearing as affecting indictment, 156 ALR 248.
Right to challenge personnel of grand jury, 169 ALR 1169.
Libel and slander: proceedings, presentments, investigations, and reports of grand jury as privileged, 48 ALR2d 716.
Power of court to control evidence or witnesses going before grand jury, 52 ALR3d 1316.
Presence of unauthorized persons during state grand jury proceedings as affecting indictment, 23 ALR4th 397.
Individual's right to present complaint or evidence of criminal offense to grand jury, 24 ALR4th 316.
Age group underrepresentation in grand jury or petit jury venire, 62 ALR4th 859.
Presence of persons not authorized by Rule 6(d) of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure during session of grand jury as warranting dismissal of indictment, 68 ALR Fed. 798.
Civil liability of witness in action under 42 USCS § 1983 for deprivation of civil rights, based on testimony given at pretrial criminal proceeding, 94 ALR Fed. 892.