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What is the purpose in a felony case of a grand jury?
The grand jury listens to all the evidence in a case against the accused and decides whether to charge the individual with the crime. This is called an indictment or an information.
What juries issue indictments in federal felony cases?
The Grand jury is the jury that issues indictments in federal felony cases. Grand juries are only used in the United States.
Why is the grand jury necessary?
Generally all felony offenses. CAUTION: Not all states indict defendants via the Grand Jury system.
Does the Supreme Court require a grand jury hearing in state felony cases?
No not ever.
In a felony case the purpose of a grand jury is to?
The Grand Jury is to decide if the evidence warrants prosecution.
Which Bill of Rights protection has not been incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment so that it applies to the states?
c The right to a jury trial in noncriminal cases
Does the grand jury decide guilt in a child abuse case?
The grand jury never decides guilt. The grand jury decides whether or not to indict, based on the sufficiency of evidence.
Group that determines whether to accuse someone of a crime?
In jurisdictions where they still exist, the answer to the question is a Grand Jury.In states which no longer (or never did) have a grand jury system, a court heraring (known as a probable cause hearing) is held where the Prosecutor's Office presents the cause for PC to a judge.
Can a person who has a felony background testify against a person in front of a grand jury?
Certainly, a person with a felony background can be brought to testify in any court, including a grand jury. It is then up to the members of the jury to decide how much credence to give that person's testimony.Added: It would be most unusual that a citizen gets to testify in front of a 'regular' grand jury.Unless it is a special investigative grand jury, empanelled with a specific mission assigned to it, under normal circumstances, only the prosecutor and the investigating law enforcement officer get to give testimony in a grand jury, and then, only to establish to the jury that the probable cause for the charge exists.
What group decides criminal cases called?
The Grand Jury
In a felony case the purpose a grand jury is to blank?
to determine if there is sufficient evidence to formally charge the defendant / suspect.
What is a trial jury also called?
PETIT jury . . . as opposed to a GRAND jury which hands down indictments.
