Sentences with phrase «grand jury minutes»

He also sought the entire case file and release of grand jury minutes.

«It's more important to have a special prosecutor in place because an independent monitor doesn't have any powers,» Lentol said, adding that the special prosecutor would have the ability to investigate witnesses and obtain grand jury minutes.

«The resulting litigation thus ensured the secrecy of grand jury minutes and we'll move forward.»

Also, the defendants wanted access to grand jury minutes that they felt were exculpatory and to which they felt entitled.

«I think it will highlight the lack of evidence against me and that they've concocted baseline arguments against me,» he said of the grand jury minutes.

City Councilman Rory Lancman is backing a bill that would make the use of chokeholds by police a crime and there is now a push to make the grand jury minutes public.

The judge added that, after his review of the grand jury minutes, he found the case against Ortt by Schneiderman was «legally insufficient» to proceed.

James — along with The Post, the Legal Aid Society and the New York Civil Liberties Union — also filed a petition in Dec. 2014 seeking to have the Staten Island District Attorney unseal the grand jury minutes in the Eric Garner verdict.

It's unclear whether the grand jury minutes will be made public if a Rensselaer County judge allows them to be unsealed.