by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kentucky
When a witness before the grand jury refuses to testify or to answer a question put to him or her, the foreperson shall state the refusal to the court in the presence of the witness. After hearing the witness, if the court decides that the witness is bound to testify...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kentucky
The grand jurors shall find an indictment where they have received what they believe to be sufficient evidence to support it, but no indictment shall be quashed or judgment of conviction reversed on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence before the grand...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kentucky
If the defendant notifies the attorney for the Commonwealth in writing of his or her desire to present evidence before the grand jury, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall so inform the grand jury. The grand jurors may hear evidence for the defendant but are not...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kentucky
The Clerk, upon request of the foreperson of the Grand Jury or of the attorney for the Commonwealth, shall issue subpoenas for witnesses. The attendance of witnesses may be coerced as in other judicial proceedings, unless, and until, excused, or modified, by the...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kentucky
The grand jury shall elect one of its members to be foreperson, who shall administer an oath, prescribed by the Supreme Court, to each witness who testifies before the grand jury. Ky. R. Crim. P. RCr 5.04Amended by Order 98-3, eff. 3-1-99; prior amendments eff. 9-1-80...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Kentucky
The court shall swear the grand jurors and charge them to inquire into every offense for which any person has been held to answer and for which an indictment or information has not been filed, or other offenses which come to their attention or of which any of them has...
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