Grand Jury Flashcards
(38 cards)
Sword aspect of the GJ
unearth evidence of crim behavior, don’t need PC
Shield aspect of GJ
screening, indictment for serious offense can’t be brought without it
GJ protections apply to ___ but not ___
federal felonies, necessarily to states
A witness in GJ cannot __
bring attorney with them (only consult leading up)
Standard for voting on GJ indicment
PC (majority of jurors)
GJ subpoenas don’t give info about ___
what’s being investigated or whether you are a suspect
CSLI data is __ GJ power
outside
____ except __ sworn to secrecy in GJ
Participants, witnesses
McDougal says there is no ______ on GJ secrecy
time limit
McDougal facts
wanted GJ records from own case after she served her sentence
Under Patriot Act federal LE can get ____ for foreign intelligence
disclosure of matters before GJ
Prosecutor want to investigate cheating on bar exam. You represent one of witnesses testified, not focus of investigation but thought to be helpful. She’s worried she may have tax issue. Suggestions
- netting in prosecutor office (can sit with her)
- immunity ask? but not asked about taxes and immunity could be stigmatizing
GJ has subpoena power over three kinds of peope ___
- target
- witness
- subject
A prosecutor is not required to tell target that ___
she is the target (US v Washington)
A subject for GJ is someone whose __
conduct in scope of GJ investigation but conduct not enough to make target
___ don’t apply in GJ
rules of evidence (hearsay allowed, no 4A exclusionary)
Potential 4A limits on subpoenas
- overbreadth (Hale v. Henkel)
- post-Carpenter some types of documents in which REP
Boyd facts
customs fraud so initiated civil forfeiture action against shipments of glass. govt subpoena for invoices
Boyd said ____ within 4A
compulsory production of private papers
Boyd relies on ____ conception of 4A
property-based
Hale says that if a subpoena is _______ it is not allowed
so general essentially amounts to a search
3 Hale factors
- seeking only documents relevant?
- reasonably particular?
- Reasonable period of time?
Livingston has never seen subpoena __
rejected for being overly broad
Subpoenas to ____ are not seizures (____)
appear or give voice exemplars, Dionisio