NCJ Number
55602
Editor(s)
C E CRONIN
Date Published
1977
Length
129 pages
Annotation
PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY NEW JERSEY PROSECUTORS IN PRESENTING CASES TO GRAND JURIES ARE SUGGESTED IN A MANUAL PREPARED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE COUNTY PROSECUTORS ASSOCIATION.
Abstract
THE MANUAL IS BASED ON A SURVEY OF PRACTICES USED BY FEDERAL AND LOCAL PROSECUTORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IT WAS WRITTEN TO ASSURE UNIFORMITY OF PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT IN GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY, AND TO SERVE AS AN ORIENTATION GUIDE FOR NEW DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND ASSISTANT PROSECUTORS. INCLUDED ARE CHAPTERS ON GRAND JURY ORIENTATION, THE ROLE OF THE PROSECUTOR, GRAND JURY WITNESSES, GRANTS OF IMMUNITY, SUBPOENAS, PRESS RELATIONS, CASE PREPARATION, EVIDENCE, AND POSTINDICTMENT PROCEDURES. GUIDELINES FOR DEALING WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF WITNESSES (TARGET, NONTARGET, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, ETC.) ARE OFFERED. CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DECISION TO GRANT IMMUNITY TO A WITNESS ARE DISCUSSED. RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE ISSUANCE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF SUBPOENAS ARE NOTED, AS ARE THE TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS. CASE PREPARATION GUIDELINES INCLUDE A CHECKLIST OF MATERIAL THAT SHOULD BE IN AN INVESTIGATIVE FILE BEFORE A CASE IS PRESENTED TO A GRAND JURY. PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING GRAND JURY FILES ARE SUGGESTED, AND A LIST OF FORMS THAT CAN BE USED IN SUCH PREPARATIONS IS PRESENTED. SAMPLE COPIES OF THESE FORMS AND OF OFFICIAL FORMS PERTAINING TO WITNESSES AND SUBPOENAS (E.G., PETITION TO COMPEL TESTIMONY, WAIVER OF IMMUNITY, FORM COMPELLING ATTENDANCE OF OUT-OF-STATE WITNESSES) ARE APPENDED. (LKM)