Grand jury; duration of term and discharge
§ 190.15 Grand jury; duration of term and discharge.
1. A term of a superior court for which a grand jury has been impaneled remains in existence at least until and including the opening date of the next term of such court for which a grand jury has been designated. Upon such date, or within five days preceding it, the court may, upon declaration of both the grand jury and the district attorney that such grand jury has not yet completed or will be unable to complete certain business before it, extend the term of court and the existence of such grand jury to a specified future date, and may subsequently order further extensions for such purpose.
2. At any time when a grand jury is in recess and no other appropriate grand jury is in existence in the county, the court may, upon application of the district attorney or of a defendant held by a local criminal court for the action of a grand jury, order such grand jury reconvened for the purpose of dealing with a matter requiring grand jury action.
1. A grand jury's term lasts at least until the opening date of the next term for which a grand jury was designated. On that date (or within 5 days before it) ★, if both the grand jury and the DA declare there's unfinished business, the court may extend the term to a future date and keep extending it.
2. When a grand jury is in recess and no other appropriate one exists in the county, the court may reconvene it — on application of the DA or of a defendant being held for grand jury action — to handle a matter needing grand jury action.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.