Sec. 14. (a) The judge of any court having criminal
jurisdiction may, upon due cause shown by petition of the prosecuting
attorney of the judicial circuit, order the
clerk of the courts, or jury administrator (as defined in
IC 33-28-5-3) to draw the names of competent persons to be summoned to serve on a special
grand jury, which shall serve in addition to the grand jury regularly summoned and convened pursuant to law.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-34-2-14
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
(c) The members of the special grand jury serve terms of three (3) months or more, as requested by the prosecuting attorney. The terms of members of a special grand jury shall be extended for the same period of time and in the same manner in which the terms of grand jury members may be extended under section 13 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.171-1984, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.98-2004, SEC.145; P.L.118-2007, SEC.30.
