Buford v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

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1. ““The State countered with evidence that a Grand Jury was available in Morris County only twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and that the spring session of the Grand Jury had already been recessed at the time appellant’s offense was committed. It was shown however, that the State considered asking the court to call the grand jurors back during the spring term but did not do so because the District Attorney and his investigator were unavailable, and they chose not to request the Morris County attorney to present appellant’s case to the Grand Jury.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Buford v. State