What is the test for impartiality in a grand jury?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Board of Retirement v. Santa Barbara County Grand Jury, 58 Cal.App.4th 1185, 68 Cal.Rptr.2d 607 (Cal. App. 1997):

The grand jury performs its functions as the only judicial entity "free from possible political or official bias that has an opportunity to see ... the operation of government ... on any broad basis." (McClatchy Newspapers v. Superior Court, supra, 44 Cal.3d at p. 1171, 245 Cal.Rptr. 774, 751 P.2d 1329; People v. Superior Court (1973 Grand Jury), supra, 13 Cal.3d at p. 437, 119 Cal.Rptr. 193, 531 P.2d 761.)

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