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Grand Jury Officers (Foreperson)

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Common law grand juries had a foreman, who administered the oath to witnesses testifying before the grand jury, saw that it received other kinds of evidence and generally ran the grand jury's sessions. Federal grand juries have a "foreperson" and a "deputy foreperson." The deputy takes over when the foreperson cannot attend a grand jury session.
Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia also retain the office of grand jury foreman ("foreperson), but three states--Idaho, Kansas and Wyoming--use the term "presiding juror" rather than foreperson. Connecticut does not need the office grand jury foreperson because it eliminated grand juries composed of citizens and replaced the civilian grand jury with a grand jury that is composed of one judges, who presumably do not need a foreperson to run their affairs.
Of the 50 jurisdictions that have a foreperson/presiding juror, 24 give this officer a deputy. Five states add another officer: In Florida, North Dakota, Oregon and South Dakota, this person is known as the grand jury's clerk; in Nevada he/she is the grand jury's secretary. Federal law does not recognize either position, but grand juries in some federal do choose a secretary, out of local custom.

FP - the state's grand juries have a foreman or foreperson
DF - they also have a deputy foreman or deputy foreperson
PJ - the grand juries are run by a presiding juror
DPJ - they also have a deputy presiding juror
CL - the grand juries have a clerk
SY - the grand juries have a secretary

The last entry for each state is a citation to the statute or court rule that creates the positions at issue.

State and Source of Information

Officers

ALABAMA: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULE 12.5(a) FP & DF
ALASKA: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULE 6(h) FP & DF
ARIZONA:  RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 12.4(a) FP & DF
ARKANSAS: CODE § 16-85-501(a)-(b) FP & CL
CALIFORNIA: PENAL CODE §§ 912 & 916.1 FP & DF
COLORADO:  REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED § 13-72-104 FP & DF
CONNECTICUT: GENERAL STATUTES ANNOTATED § 54-47(b)(3) Not Applicable
DELAWARE: SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL RULES 6(c) FP & DF
D.C.: SUPERIOR COURT RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6(c) FP & DF
FLORIDA: STATUTES ANNOTATED §§ 905.08 & 905.13 FP, DF & CL
GEORGIA: CODE ANNOTATED §§ 15-12-67(a) & 15-12-100(b) FP
HAWAII: RULES OF PENAL PROCEDURE 6(c) FP & DF
IDAHO: RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6(a) PJ & DPJ
ILLINOIS:  REVISED STATUTES ch. 705 & 305/17 FP
INDIANA:  CODE ANNOTATED § 35-34-2-3(d) FP & CL
IOWA: RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3(4)(a) FP
KANSAS:  STATUTES ANNOTATED § 22-3004 PJ & DPJ
KENTUCKY: REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED § 29a.250 & RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 5.04 FP
LOUISIANA: CODE CRIMNAL PROCEDURE ANNOTATED 413(b)-(c) FP
MAINE: RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6(c) FP & DF
MARYLAND:  CODE ANNOTATED, CTS. & JUD. PROCEDURE § 9-118(b) FP
MASSACHUSETTS: RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 5(b) FP
MICHIGAN:  COMPILED LAWS ANNOTATED §§ 767.11 & 767.12 FP
MINNESOTA: STATUTES §§ 628.56& 628.57 FP & CL
MISSISSIPPI: CODE ANNOTATED § 13-5-45 & UNIFORM RULES CIR. & CTY. CT. 7.02 15-20
MISSOURI:  ANNOTATED STATUTES § 540.090 FP
MONTANA: CODE ANNOTATED 46-11-303 FP
NEBRASKA: REVISED STATUTES § 29-1403 FP
NEVADA: REVISED STATUTES § 172.075 FP, DF & SY
NEW HAMPSHIRE: REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED §§ 600:4 & 600:5 FP & CL
NEW JERSEY: RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3:6-4 & STATUTES ANNOTATED § 2a:73-3 FP & DF
NEW MEXICO: STATUTES ANNOTATED § 31-6-2 FP
NEW YORK: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW § 190.20(3) (McKinney 1995) FP, DF & SY
NORTH CAROLINA: GENERAL STATUTES § 15a-622 FP
NORTH DAKOTA: CENT. CODE §§ 29-10.1-11 & 29-10.1-15 FP, DF & CL
OHIO: RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6(c) & REVISED CODE ANNOTATED § 2939.02 FP
OKLAHOMA:  STATUTES ANNOTATED tit. 22 §§ 323 & 328 FP & CL
OREGON: REVISED STATUTES §§ 132.050 & 132.080 FP, DF & CL
PENNSYLVANIA:  RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 253(g)& CONS. STATUTES ANNOTATED § 4545(c) FP & SY
RHODE ISLAND: SUPERIOR RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6(a) FP & DF
SOUTH CAROLINA: CODE ANNOTATED §§ 14-7-1580 & 14-7-1670 FP & DF
SOUTH DAKOTA: CODIFIED LAWS § 23a-5-6 FP, DF & CL
TENNESSEE:  RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6(g) FP
TEXAS: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE ART. 19.34 FP
UTAH: CODE ANNOTATED § 77-10a-11(1) FP & DF
VERMONT: RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6(c) FP & DF
VIRGINIA: CODE ANNOTATED §§ 19.2-197 & 19.2.207 FP
WASHINGTON: REVISED CODE ANNOTATED § 10.27.070(1) FP & DF
WEST VIRGINIA: RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULE 6(c) FP & DF
WISCONSIN: STATUTES ANNOTATED § 756.12 FP & CL
WYOMING: RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 6(a)(7)(a) PJ & DPJ

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