Does the California Grand Jury have any judicial functions or is it an appendage of the court?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Chronicle Pub. Co. v. Superior Court In and For City and County of San Francisco, 54 Cal.2d 548, 7 Cal.Rptr. 109 (Cal. 1960):
8 Actually, the grand jury has been referred to as 'an appendage of the court' exercising 'judicial functions,' and its members as 'officers of the court.' In re Gannon, 1886, 69 Cal. 541, 11 P. 240, 241. It also has been referred to as a 'judicial tribunal.' Greenberg v. Superior Court, 1942, 19 Cal.2d 319, 323, 121 P.2d 713.
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