Pennsylvania Code
Title 234 - RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 2 - INVESTIGATIONS
Part B(1) - Investigating Grand Juries
Rule 231 - Who May be Present During Session of an Investigating Grand Jury
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(A) The attorney for the Commonwealth, the alternate grand jurors, the witness under examination, and a stenographer may be present while the investigating grand jury is in session. Counsel for the witness under examination may be present as provided by law.
(B) The supervising judge, upon the request of the attorney for the Commonwealth or the grand jury, may order that an interpreter, security officers, and such other persons as the judge may determine are necessary to the presentation of the evidence may be present while the investigating grand jury is in session.
(C) All persons who are to be present while the grand jury is in session shall be identified in the record, shall be sworn to secrecy as provided in these rules, and shall not disclose any information pertaining to the grand jury except as provided by law.
(D) No person other than the permanent grand jurors may be present during the deliberations or voting of the grand jury.
