Special grand juries -- Sessions -- Extension of sessions
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Democratic Party of Kentucky v. Graham (1998)
Most recently applied in Alred v. Commonwealth, Judicial Conduct Commission (July 2012)
Effective: January 2, 1978 History: Created 1976 (1st Extra
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.
(1) Any Chief Circuit Judge may summon for cause a special grand jury to deal with a situation requiring lengthy investigation which cannot be adequately handled during the term of the regular grand jury.
(2) A special grand jury shall remain in session until discharged by the court, but shall not remain in session longer than ninety (90) days, provided, however, that a special grand jury may be extended for additional ninety (90) day periods on the written order of the Chief Circuit Judge.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.