Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2939 - Grand Juries

Section 2939.01 - Grand Jury Definitions.
The definition of "magistrate" set forth in section 2931.01 of the Revised Code applies to Chapter 2939. of the Revised Code. Effective Date: 10-01-1953
Section 2939.02 - Grand Jury Selection And Composition.
Grand juries shall consist of fifteen persons who satisfy the qualifications of a juror specified in section 2313.17 of the Revised Code. Persons to...
Section 2939.03 - Grand Juror Drawing, Notification, Exemptions.
Except for a foreperson selected by the judge of the court of common pleas under section 2939.02 of the Revised Code, a grand jury...
Section 2939.031 - Additional Or Alternate Jurors.
When it appears to the judge impaneling a grand jury that the inquiry is likely to be protracted, or upon direction of the judge,...
Section 2939.04 - Compensation - Prohibition Of Repeated Service In Same Term.
The compensation of grand jurors shall be fixed by resolution of the board of county commissioners, not to exceed forty dollars for each day's...
Section 2939.05 - [Repealed].
Effective Date: 09-11-1961
Section 2939.06 - Oath Or Affirmation Of Grand Jurors.
(A) When a grand jury is impaneled, the court of common pleas shall appoint one of the members of the grand jury as foreperson,...
Section 2939.07 - Charge Of Jurors By Judge.
The grand jurors, after being sworn, shall be charged as to their duty by the judge of the court of common pleas, who shall...
Section 2939.08 - Grand Jury Duty After Charge.
After the charge of the court of common pleas, the grand jury shall retire with the officer appointed to attend it, and proceed to...
Section 2939.09 - Clerk - Minutes.
The grand jury may appoint one of its members to be its clerk to preserve the minutes of its proceedings and actions in all...
Section 2939.10 - Prosecuting Attorney To Have Access To Grand Jury.
The prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecuting attorney may at all times appear before the grand jury to give information relative to a matter cognizable...
Section 2939.11 - Official Reporter.
The official reporter of the county, or any reporter designated by the court of common pleas, at the request of the prosecuting attorney, or...
Section 2939.12 - Clerk Of Court To Issue Subpoenas For Witnesses.
When required by the grand jury, prosecuting attorney, or judge of the court of common pleas, the clerk of the court of common pleas...
Section 2939.121 - Employer May Not Penalize Employee For Being Subpoenaed Before Grand Jury.
No employer shall discharge or terminate from employment, threaten to discharge or terminate from employment, or otherwise punish or penalize any employee because of...
Section 2939.13 - Oath Of Witnesses.
Before a witness is examined by the grand jury, an oath shall be administered to him by the foreman of the grand jury or...
Section 2939.14 - Witness Refusing To Testify.
If a witness before a grand jury refuses to answer an interrogatory, the court of common pleas shall be informed in writing, in which...
Section 2939.15 - Contempt Proceedings Against Witness Refusing To Testify.
If the court of common pleas determines that a witness before a grand jury is required to answer an interrogatory and such witness persists...
Section 2939.16 - Sickness, Death, Discharge, Or Nonattendance Of A Grand Juror.
In case of sickness, death, discharge, or nonattendance of a grand juror after the grand jury is sworn, the court may cause another to...
Section 2939.17 - Summoning New Grand Jury - Immunity Of Witnesses.
After the grand jury is discharged, the court of common pleas, when necessary, may order the drawing and impaneling of a new grand jury,...
Section 2939.18 - Secrecy Of Indictment.
No grand juror, officer of the court, or other person shall disclose that an indictment has been found against a person not in custody...
Section 2939.19 - Testimony Of Grand Juror.
No grand juror may state or testify in court in what manner any member of the grand jury voted or what opinion was expressed...
Section 2939.20 - Concurrence By Twelve Grand Jurors For Indictment.
At least twelve of the grand jurors must concur in the finding of an indictment. When so found, the foreman shall indorse on such...
Section 2939.21 - Quarterly Visits To County Jail.
Once every three months, the grand jurors shall visit the county jail, examine its condition, and inquire into the discipline and treatment of the...
Section 2939.22 - Filing Indictments With Clerk Of Court Of Common Pleas.
Indictments found by a grand jury shall be presented by the foreman to the court of common pleas, and filed with the clerk of...
Section 2939.23 - No Indictment To Be Reported.
If an indictment is not found by the grand jury, against an accused who has been held to answer, such fact shall be reported...
Section 2939.24 - Discharge Of Indicted Person When No Indictment Returned.
If a person held in jail charged with an indictable offense is not indicted at the term of court at which he is held...
Section 2939.25 - Attendance Of Witnesses At Foreign Grand Jury Proceedings Definitions.
As used in sections 2939.25 to 2939.29, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Witness" includes a person whose testimony is desired in any proceeding...
Section 2939.26 - Compelling Witnesses To Attend By Foreign Courts.
If a judge of a court of record in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within that state...
Section 2939.27 - Certificate Specifying Number Of Days Witness Will Be Required.
If a person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in...
Section 2939.28 - Witness Not Subject To Arrest Or The Service Of Process.
If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons directing him to attend and testify in this state, while in this...
Section 2939.29 - Construction And Interpretation.
Sections 2939.25 to 2939.28, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose, to make the...

Last modified: October 10, 2016