grand jury process

• Non-Economic Individual Rights

§ 23.1 Civil Rights Protections: The Second, Third & Seventh Amendments & The Full Faith and Credit Clause of Article IV, § 1. § 23.1.1 The Second Amendment: Right to Bear Arms. § 23.1.2 The Third Amendment: Protection Against Quartering of Soldiers In Individuals' Homes. § 23.1.3 The Seventh Amendment: Right to Jury Trial in Actions At Common Law. § 23.1.4 The Full Faith and Credit Clause. § 23.2 Criminal Defendants' Rights. § 23.2.1 The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments. § 23.2.1.1 The Fourth Amendment: Protection Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures. § 23.2.1.2 The Fifth Amendment: Grand Jury Indictment, Double Jeopardy, Privilege Against Self-Incrimination, and Due Process of Law. A. Requirement of Grand Jury Indictment. B. Protection Against Double Jeopardy. C. Priv...

• The Path of Constitutional Law

• Patriot Act perverts grand jury process.

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• USA Today Magazine
• Vol. 133 Nbr. 2716, January 2005

• Novak v. Gansheimer, (Ohio 2003)

EXTRAORDINARY WRIT - habeas corpus; errors in grand jury process; nonjurisdictional error cannot form basis of claim.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Lone Wolf

Liz Wolf-Spada, the mother of blogger, freelance videographer, anarchist and activist Josh Wolf, has spent her son's long months in federal prison getting a crash course on the grand jury process and the need for a federal shield law to protect journalists.

• American Journalism Review; AJR
• Vol. 29 Nbr. 2, April 2007

• Attorneys Say Tom Corbett Shouldn't Prosecute

HARRISBURG -- Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett violated state election law by using his campaign cell phone to call his state office and abused the grand jury process for his own political gain, a defense attorney said Friday. Harrisburg lawyer Joshua D. Lock asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against his clients filed by Corbett, who is a candidate for governor, because he claims Corbett engaged in the same activities that led to their charges: using state resources for campaigns. He cited Corbett's use of a state driver to take him to state and campaign events. Corbett says the driver is an agent providing security.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• April 17, 2010

• Attorneys Say Tom Corbett Shouldn't Prosecute

HARRISBURG -- Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett violated state election law by using his campaign cell phone to call his state office and abused the grand jury process for his own political gain, a defense attorney said Friday. Harrisburg lawyer Joshua D. Lock asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against his clients filed by Corbett, who is a candidate for governor, because he claims Corbett engaged in the same activities that led to their charges: using state resources for campaigns. He cited Corbett's use of a state driver to take him to state and campaign events. Corbett says the driver is an agent providing security.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• April 16, 2010

• Would a Shield Law Matter?

Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams in May in an effort to identify who gave them transcripts of grand jury testimony involving an investigation of steroid manufacturer Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO), which allegedly supplied steroids to athletes including baseball players Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi. While Branzburg is no model of clarity, a significant majority of federal courts that have considered whether the First Amendment provides protection to journalists from compelled disclosure of their confidential sources - including the Court of Appeals in this Circuit - have concluded that it does. The court would end up weighing the interest in protecting the integrity of criminal process (which is disrupted when grand jury testimony is not kept secret) versus the public int...

• News Media and the Law
• Vol. 30 Nbr. 3, July 2006

• Mf Global Executives Hire Lawyers As Inquiry Grows

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The federal investigation into the collapse ofis ramping up with several more executives, including a long-time colleague of former CEO, hiring criminal defense attorneys. Executives at the failed futures brokerage house are in the process of hiring lawyers as a federal grand jury in New York recently began issuing subpoenas seeking information and records, say people familiar with the inquiries.

• Reuters Hedgeworld
• November 11, 2011

• Fifth Amendment

..., unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval... life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for pu...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Dou–Fre

• Attorneys Allege Prosecutorial Abuse in Mccoy Extortion Case

DES MOINES (AP) - Attorneys for state Sen. Matt McCoy have asked a judge to dismiss the attempted extortion charge against him, claiming federal prosecutors manipulated the grand jury process, lied to the court and withheld evidence that would have helped McCoy. These actions mandate dismissal and additional sanctions to curb blatant prosecutorial abuse," according to a motion filed by McCoy's attorneys, Jerry Crawford, of Des Moines, and F. Montgomery Brown, of Clive.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• November 14, 2007