{"id":"NJ-090","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner)","authority":"N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3","instrument":"Supreme Court Order of March 17, 2020 (grand juries)","title":"Postponement of all grand jury empanelment dates and cancellation of all grand jury sessions, March 17 - 27, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17 through 2020-03-27","end":"Extended through April 26, 2020 by the First Omnibus Order (NJ-095) and through May 31, 2020 by the Second (NJ-096); virtual grand juries from May-June 2020 (NJ-097); in-person grand jury sessions suspended again Nov. 16, 2020 (NJ-100)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-04-26","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all grand juries including the State Grand Jury","prosecutors and defense counsel"],"clause":"\u0022WHEREAS, New Jersey schools and daycare centers will be closed effective March 18, 2020, which will reduce the number of citizens available for grand jury based on N.J.S.A. 2B:20-10\u0022... \u0022It is ORDERED that effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020 through Friday, March 27, 2020: (1) All grand jury empanelment dates, including for State Grand Jury, are postponed, and new notices will be issued rescheduling grand jury selection for a date after March 27, 2020; and (2) All current grand jury sessions, including for State Grand Jury, are cancelled.\u0022","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT criminal practice (indictments halted)","GATH large venire pools cancelled"],"notes":"The Court\u0027s own recital ties its order to the school and day-care closures: the interconnection the memoranda plead.","sourceUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200505112439id_/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200317a.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200505112439/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200317a.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":308622,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-090","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-090","citation":"Supreme Court of New Jersey (Chief Justice Stuart Rabner), Supreme Court Order of March 17, 2020 (grand juries) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NJ-090)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-095","NJ-096","NJ-097","NJ-100","NJ-094"]}