CRJU 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Witness Tampering, Preliminary Hearing, Due Process

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Transactional immunity: if you are granted this the witness cannot be prosecuted for any matter about which he testifies or presents evidence to the grand jury. The gra(cid:374)d jury also has po(cid:449)er to (cid:373)eet i(cid:374) se(cid:272)ret. E(cid:448)e(cid:374) if you are testifyi(cid:374)g you (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)ri(cid:374)g a la(cid:449)yer i(cid:374) there. They are(cid:374)"t goi(cid:374)g to advertise when or were to meet. Defenda(cid:374)t does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a right to (cid:271)e there or the defendants lawyer. There are reasons why the grand jury meets in secret (all grand jury meets in se(cid:272)ret) so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es you do(cid:374)"t e(cid:448)e(cid:374) k(cid:374)o(cid:449) they are o(cid:374) to you, (cid:271)ut they i(cid:374)dite you (cid:449)ithout e(cid:448)er ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g been arrested. Meet in secret so the grand jurors can speak freely. Prevents witness tampering (if you know that a witness from your neighborhood). No assumption of guilt of defendant/hurting their reputation. Grand jury has power to indicted someone of a crime.

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