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Rule 231 – Who May be Present During Session of an Investigating Grand Jury

May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania

(A) The attorney for the Commonwealth, the alternate grand jurors, the witness under examination, and a stenographer may be present while the investigating grand jury is in session. Counsel for the witness under examination may be present as provided by law.
(B) The supervising judge, upon the request of the attorney for the Commonwealth or the grand jury, may order that an interpreter, security officers, and such other persons as the judge may determine are necessary to the presentation of the evidence may be present while the investigating grand jury is in session.
(C) All persons who are to be present while the grand jury is in session shall be identified in the record, shall be sworn to secrecy as provided in these rules, and shall not disclose any information pertaining to the grand jury except as provided by law.
(D) No person other than the permanent grand jurors may be present during the deliberations or voting of the grand jury.

234 Pa. Code ยง 231

Committee Explanatory Reports:

Report explaining the June 5, 1987 amendments adding paragraphs (B) -(D) published at 17 Pa.B. 167 (January 10, 1987) .

Final Report explaining the March 1, 2000 reorganization and renumbering of the rules published with the Court’s Order at 30 Pa.B. 1478 (March 18, 2000) .

Final Report explaining the January 18, 2013 Comment revision concerning definition of witness as used in this rule published at 43 Pa.B. 653 (February 2, 2013) .