Wednesday, May 19, 2010

2B:22-3. Selection of State grand jurors

2B:22-3. Selection of State grand jurors
a. The Administrative Director of the Courts, upon receipt of an order directing the impaneling of a State grand jury, shall prepare a list of prospective jurors randomly drawn from the current jurors lists of the several counties. The list of prospective State grand jurors prepared by the Administrative Director of the Courts shall contain numbers of prospective jurors from each county in the same relative proportion as the population of each county bears to the total population of the State.

b. The designated judge shall impanel a State grand jury from the prospective jurors on the list. The selection of jurors for service on the State grand jury shall be public and random.

Source: 2A:73A-4



L.1995,c.44,s.1.

2B:22-4. Summoning of State grand jurors
The Administrative Director of the Courts shall transmit the names of the prospective jurors selected for service on the State grand jury to the sheriffs of the counties in which the prospective jurors reside. The sheriffs of the respective counties shall cause the prospective jurors resident in their counties to be summoned for service on the State grand jury.

Source: 2A:73A-5



L.1995,c.44,s.1.

2B:22-5. Judicial supervision of State grand jury
The judge designated by the Chief Justice shall maintain judicial supervision over the grand jury. All indictments, presentments and formal returns of any kind made by a State grand jury shall be returned to the designated judge.

Source:2A:73A-6



L.1995,c.44,s.1.