Special grand jury; powers and duties; term
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
commissioner (as defined in IC 33-28-6-4) 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.
(b) A special grand jury has the powers and duties of a grand jury
prescribed by law.
(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.
Last modified: May 24, 2006