Henry
See Virginia code 19.2 –192 et. seq. at
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title19.2/chapter13/section19.2-192/
Also: Blair v. United States, 250 U.S. 273, 282, 39 S.Ct. 468
Vihko v. Com., 393 S.E.2d 413, 10 Va.App. 498 (Va. App. 1990)
For the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 6, see:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_6
On 5/31/2020 11:28 PM, Henry Wiencek wrote:
> Grand jurors meet and decide in secrecy. Can anyone tell me the basis in VA
> law for this secrecy and what penalties can befall jurors who encounter
> unmistakable malfeasance in a Grand Jury session? Can knowledge of
> malfeasance defeat the secrecy regulation? I have found it interesting that
> there are no records of Grand Jury sessions in Cville.
> Many thanks,
> Henry Wiencek
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