Pennsylvania Code
Title 234 - RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 5 - PRETRIAL PROCEDURES IN COURT CASES
Part E - Indicting Grand Jury
Rule 556.9 - Who May Be Present During Sessions of Indicting Grand Jury

Universal Citation: 234 PA Code ยง 556.9

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(A) The attorney for the Commonwealth, the alternate grand jurors, the witness under examination, and a stenographer may be present while the indicting 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 indicting grand jury is in session.

(C) All persons who are to be present while the indicting 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.

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