Grand Jurors

C.R.S. tit. 13, art. 72
in effect

C.R.S. § 13-72-101 Grand jurors - term - additional juries

13-72-101. Grand jurors - term - additional juries. (1) Grand juries shall not be drawn, summoned, or required to attend the sitting of any court in any county in this state unless specially ordered by the court having jurisdiction to make such an order and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. The length of term served by a grand jury shall be as provided in section 13-71-120. (2) In counties with a population of one hundred thousand persons or more, according to the latest federal census, a grand jury shall be drawn and summoned by the court to attend the sitting of said court at the first term of such court in each year. (3) In all other counties, the grand jury shall be called and shall sit at such times and for such periods as the court may order on its own motion or upon motion by the district attorney of the judicial district in which the county is located. (4) Upon motion of the district attorney and for good cause shown, the court may cause to be drawn and summoned an additional grand jury. (5) A grand jury shall be impaneled, sworn and charged in, and report to such court, as the judges of the judicial district among themselves agree or as they may by rule provide.

C.R.S. § 13-72-102 Number of jurors

13-72-102. Number of jurors. A grand jury shall consist of twelve persons, and the assent of nine jurors shall be necessary for the returning of a true bill; but, upon motion of the district attorney and for good cause shown, the court may cause to be convened, impaneled, and sworn a grand jury consisting of twenty-three members, and the assent of twelve members shall be necessary for the returning of a true bill when said grand jury consists of twenty-three members. At any meeting of the grand jury at least nine grand jurors shall constitute a quorum.

C.R.S. § 13-72-103 Selection of jury panel

13-72-103. Selection of jury panel. In drawing the list of jurors, the court shall select from no less than seventy-five names thereon and from such additional lists of names as the court may order, or from such lesser number as may be called to serve as jurors, the names of either twelve or twenty-three persons who shall constitute a grand jury and four alternate grand jurors. The members of the county grand jury shall be selected by the chief judge with the advice of the district attorney. The court may close to the public part or all of the selection process when reasonably necessary to protect the grand jury process or the security of the grand jurors. The length of term served by a county grand jury shall be as provided in section 13-71-120. The court, upon its own motion or at the request of the district attorney, shall enter an order to preserve the confidentiality of all information that might identify grand jurors when reasonably necessary to protect the grand jury process or the security of the grand jurors. In the absence of such an order, upon request, the jury commissioner shall make available for inspection by members of the public a list of grand jurors containing only the grand jurors' names and juror numbers. The court may strike the name of any juror who appears to the court to be incompetent or unqualified to serve.

C.R.S. § 13-72-104 Foreman appointed - duties

13-72-104. Foreman appointed - duties. Before a grand jury at any term of court is sworn or affirmed, the court shall appoint a foreman of such jury and an alternate foreman to act in the absence of the foreman, and such foreman or alternate foreman has power to administer an oath or affirmation to any and all witnesses who may be required to testify before such jury. He shall also endorse upon every bill that may be presented to a grand jury the finding of such jury that the same is "a true bill" or "not a true bill", as the case may be, and sign his name thereto before the same is returned into court.

C.R.S. § 13-72-105 Oath of foreman - jurors

13-72-105. Oath of foreman - jurors. (1) Before a grand jury enters upon its duties, an oath or affirmation shall be administered to the foreman, as follows: "You, as foreman of this inquest, do solemnly swear or affirm that you will diligently inquire into, and true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge, or shall otherwise come to your knowledge touching the present service; you will present no person through malice, hatred, or ill will, and that you will leave no one unpresented through fear, favor, or affection, or for any fee or reward or the hope or promise thereof; that you will keep secret your own counsel and that of your fellows touching the present service, and that in all your presentments, you will present the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, according to the best of your skill and understanding, so help you God." (2) An oath or affirmation shall be administered to the other grand jurors as follows: "You and each of you do solemnly swear or affirm that you will well and truly keep and observe the oath that" A.B.,"your foreman, has just taken before you, so help you God."

C.R.S. § 13-72-106 Attendance excused - discharged - prospective jurors

13-72-106. Attendance excused - discharged - prospective jurors. At any time for cause shown, the court may excuse a grand juror permanently and, if so excused, the court shall select a replacement grand juror from one of the four alternate grand jurors chosen pursuant to section 13-72-103. The excuse or discharge of a grand juror shall be in accordance with the procedures specified in the "Colorado Uniform Jury Selection and Service Act", article 71 of this title. The discharge of any such grand juror shall in no way or manner affect any indictment found by the grand jury as it was composed either before or after such charge.

C.R.S. § 13-72-107 Juror giving information - oath

13-72-107. Juror giving information - oath. When any member of a grand jury gives information touching any matter pending before such jury, he shall take an oath or affirmation in the same manner as other witnesses.

C.R.S. § 13-72-108 Sealing of indictment

13-72-108. Sealing of indictment. The court, upon motion of the district attorney, shall order the indictment to be sealed and no person may disclose the existence of the indictment until the defendant is in custody or has been admitted to bail except when necessary for the issuance or execution of a warrant or summons.

C.R.S. § 13-72-109 Impaneling of judicial district grand jury - county grand jury unnecessary

13-72-109. Impaneling of judicial district grand jury - county grand jury unnecessary. If a judicial district grand jury is impaneled pursuant to article 74 of this title, there is no need to impanel a county grand jury pursuant to this article.
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