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one is grand and one is not your welcome
one is grand and one is not your welcome
one is grand and one is not your welcome
No. A grand jury is a finder of fact, not a trial. You will not be found guilty based on a grand jury true bill.
A grand jury listens to evidence and decides if a trial is warranted.
In a jury trial, the case is heard and decided by a group of impartial individuals (the jury). In a bench trial, the case is heard and decided by a judge without a jury. The judge determines the outcome based on the evidence and arguments presented in court.
Grand juries are called to determine if there is enough evidence in a case to warrant a jury trial.
There are a few purposes of a grand jury. The main reason for having a grand jury is to make sure that there will be a fair trial.
A normal (petit) jury hears evidence of a case after the arrest and arraignment of the accused.A grand jury hears evidence before the case is filed and may issue indictments based on the evidence presented by the prosecutor alone.Additionally. . .A petit jury merely listens to testimony presented as well as instructions of the judge. It then renders decisions based on the evidence and judge's instructions. Besides criminal cases, it also hears civil cases.A grand jury gets to ask questions of witnesses and can actually start their own investigations into matters not even presented by the prosecutor. (Prosecutors normally attempt to take charge of the jury but it is actually the jury who is in charge.) After hearing the evidence it either bills (indicts), no bills (does not indict), or passes (takes no action), not by a unanimous vote as in criminal cases but by 9 out of 12 as in civil cases. (An indictment merely means the jury believes there is sufficient evidence to hold the subject over for trial.) Grand juries are fun and very interesting to be on, petit juries usually not so.
PETIT jury . . . as opposed to a GRAND jury which hands down indictments.
Grand jury.
To serve on a Grand Jury the rules for selecting members are the same as selecting regular trial jury pools. There are no 'special' qualifications.