Sentences with phrase «grand jurors asked»

Grand jurors ask questions; petit jurors do not.

Not exact matches

Then the witnesses will start backpedalling and adding qualifications as soon as the jurors start asking them questions (there is no attorney present to object, though the witness can take a time out to consult counsel outside the hearing of the jurors); there will be 18 - 24 of them: independent businessmen, committed church - goers, accountants, etc — the federal grand jury that I sat on had a member of the technical staff of an international pharmaceutical corporation.

In Nassau County for many years Grand Juries were convened by asking potential jurors to volunteer for Grand Jury duty.