Does a District Attorney have any authority to influence or influence a Grand Jury?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Nassau County Grand Jury, Matter of, 382 N.Y.S.2d 1013, 87 Misc.2d 453 (N.Y. Cty. Ct. 1976):
While the District Attorney is by statute a legal adviser to the Grand Jury, he may not dominate or control them in the lawful exercise of their primary function of making inquiry. (United States v. Rintelen, D.C.N.Y., 235 F. 787).
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