by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Minnesota
Subd. 1. Warrant. The warrant must: (a) be signed by a judge;(b) contain the defendant’s name or, if unknown, any name or description by which the defendant can be identified with reasonable certainty;(c) describe the offense charged; and(d) command the...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Minnesota
On the filing of an indictment, the court must issue a warrant for the arrest of each defendant named in the indictment, except that the court may issue a summons instead of a warrant when the prosecutor requests or the court directs, or if the defendant is a...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Minnesota
Subd. 1. Motion to Dismiss Indictment. Objections to the grand jury panel and to individual grand jurors must be made by motion to dismiss the indictment as this rule provides.Subd. 2. Grounds for Dismissal. A motion to dismiss an indictment may be based on any of the...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Minnesota
Subd. 1. Tenure. A grand jury must be drawn for a specified period of service, not to exceed 12 months, as designated by court order. The grand jury must not be discharged, and its powers must continue until the latest of the following: (a) the period of service is...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Minnesota
Every grand juror and every qualified interpreter for a grand juror with a sensory disability present during deliberations or voting must keep secret whatever that juror or any other juror has said during deliberations and how that juror or any other juror voted....
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Minnesota
An indictment may only issue if at least 12 jurors concur. The indictment must be signed by the foreperson, whether the foreperson was one of the 12 who concurred or not, and delivered to a judge in open court. If 12 jurors do not concur in issuing an indictment, the...
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