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Notice to the Bar, Virtual Grand Jury Pilot Program - Consent Not Required to Proceed (with Supreme Court Order of June 4, 2020)

Virtual (video) grand jury pilot (authorized May 14, 2020) expanded: defendant consent no longer required

Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts (transmitting the Supreme Court's June 4, 2020 Order) · New Jersey (Court)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
Court
Authority
N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3
Issued
2020-06-08 June 8, 2020
Effective
2020-06-04 (Order) (read as 2020-06-04)
End
Virtual grand juries established in all counties by the Ninth Omnibus Order (Oct. 8, 2020) (read as 2020-10-08)
In force
June 4, 2020 to Oct. 8, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • grand juries in Bergen and Mercer Counties (pilot), then statewide
  • prosecutors and defendants
Functions reached
  • CT criminal practice conducted by video
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

"The Supreme Court by Notice and Order dated May 14, 2020 authorized a pilot program for virtual (video) grand jury sessions, starting in Bergen and Mercer Counties."... "the Supreme Court has modified the parameters of the pilot program so as to eliminate the requirement that cases can only be presented to a grand jury convening remotely if the defendant has consented to proceeding remotely."

Enforcement

Order of the Supreme Court

Notes

Courts: in-person grand juries did not resume in 2020; the Judiciary converted them to video.

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