2020 Georgia Code
Title 15 - Courts
Chapter 12 - Juries
Article 4 - Grand Juries
Part 1 - General Provisions
- § 15-12-60. Qualifications of Grand Jurors; Impact of Ineligibility
- § 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. Concurrent Grand Juries
- § 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. Preliminary Oath to Be Administered to Grand Jurors
- § 15-12-66.1. Insufficient Number of Persons to Complete Panel of Grand 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; Publication or Filing of Findings
- § 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. Oath of Court Reporter Attending Grand Jury Proceeding; Compensation; Role and Responsibilities
- 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.
Law reviews.- For article, "Symposium Protect and Serve: Perspectives on 21st Century Policing January 20, 2017: The Grand Jury: A Shield of a Different Sort," see 51 Ga. L. Rev. 1001 (2017).
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 GENERALNeither 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
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- Matters within investigating powers of grand jury, 22 A.L.R. 1356; 106 A.L.R. 1383; 120 A.L.R. 437.
Power of grand jury to contract, 26 A.L.R. 605.
Duration of imprisonment for refusal to answer question as a witness before the grand jury, 28 A.L.R. 1364.
Communicating with grand jury as contempt, 29 A.L.R. 489.
Prejudice of member of grand jury against defendant as ground of attack on indictment, 88 A.L.R. 899.
Communicating with grand jury or member thereof as a criminal offense, 112 A.L.R. 319.
Member of grand or petit jury as officer within constitutional or statutory provisions in relation to oath or affirmation, 118 A.L.R. 1098.
Contemporaneous existence or functioning of two or more grand juries, 121 A.L.R. 814.
Absence of grand jurors during hearing as affecting indictment, 156 A.L.R. 248.
Right to challenge personnel of grand jury, 169 A.L.R. 1169.
Libel and slander: proceedings, presentments, investigations, and reports of grand jury as privileged, 48 A.L.R.2d 716.
Power of court to control evidence or witnesses going before grand jury, 52 A.L.R.3d 1316.
Presence of unauthorized persons during state grand jury proceedings as affecting indictment, 23 A.L.R.4th 397.
Individual's right to present complaint or evidence of criminal offense to grand jury, 24 A.L.R.4th 316.
Age group underrepresentation in grand jury or petit jury venire, 62 A.L.R.4th 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 A.L.R. 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 A.L.R. Fed. 892.
