Each grand juror shall keep secret whatever he himself or any other grand juror has said, or in what manner he or any other grand juror has voted on a matter before them. Any court may require a grand juror to disclose the testimony of a witness examined before the grand jury, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is consistent with that given by the witness before the court, or to disclose the testimony given before the grand jury by any person, upon a charge against such person for perjury in giving his testimony or upon trial therefor.
Cal. Penal Code § 924.2
General Provisions
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 20 Cal. 4th 1117 - Daily Journal Corp. v. Superior Court (1999)
Most recently applied in 603 F. Supp. 2d 1242 - Goldstein v. City of Long Beach (February 2009)
Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 501.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.