What is the test for reviewing a grand jury affidavit?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Kennedy, 564 F.2d 1329 (9th Cir. 1977):
"Without considering how far, if at all, the court is warranted in inquiring into the nature of the evidence on which a grand jury has acted, and how far, in case of such an inquiry, the discretion of the trial court is subject to review (United States v. Rosenburgh, 7 Wall. 580, 19 L.Ed. 263) it is enough to say that there is no reason for reviewing it here. All that the affidavit disclosed was that evidence in its nature competent, but made incompetent
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