How to Use grand jury in a Sentence

grand jury

noun
  • The case is also set to be heard by a grand jury, the spokesperson said.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The jail fired 10 guards, and the case will soon be presented to a grand jury.
    Shaila Dewan, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The grand jury charged that DiMaio’s claims were false.
    Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • The feds say Mapes lied about it to the grand jury to protect Madigan.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Instead, the school board was mostly kept in the dark about the assaults, the grand jury found.
    Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Clayton added that his office will present the case to a grand jury.
    Amanda Musa, CNN, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The case will now be presented to a grand jury for review.
    oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Because the grand jury decided not to indict, the case has been dropped.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Stines' next court date in the murder case has not yet been set, as the grand jury has not yet served an indictment.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Six of its eighteen members were Black, the first Black men to serve on a federal grand jury.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The grand jury last Wednesday indicted her on all of those charges.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
  • On March 13 of that year, a grand jury indicted Carter on murder charges in Markham’s death.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
  • The judge said probable cause was the standard of proof for a grand jury to indict in the rejection.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Smith said Mitchell should have allowed a grand jury to decide if this case could go to trial.
    Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That includes the Golden Bear for best film going to the movie’s producers and the Silver Bear grand jury prize.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • There are also process-crime charges involving perjury to the grand jury.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In June 2010, a grand jury indicted him on wire fraud and extortion charges.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
  • That day, Grayson was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder by a grand jury.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 July 2024
  • The foreperson for the civil grand jury that issued the report did not respond to a request for comment.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
  • At the end of the hearing, a judge determined there was enough evidence for the first-degree murder case to go to a grand jury, per CNN.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The shooting cases were awaiting to be presented to the grand jury when Bentley was killed.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 14 Dec. 2022
  • All seven are slotted to appear before a grand jury on March 21, court records show.
    Aditi Sangal, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • On May 21, a grand jury indicted the officers on most charges.
    Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Before the indictments announced Thursday, Brito had been the only suspect charged by a grand jury in the case.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • At least one Loudoun board member has already announced plans to push for a drastic response to the grand jury’s report.
    Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Mogg testified to the grand jury that there was no evidence that either Tupac or Knight had a weapon.
    John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Wiles had been a grand jury witness before the indictment.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 3 June 2024
  • Brito was indicted by a grand jury related to the attack on the officers.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • That grand jury is still hearing testimony and will need to vote as to whether or not Mr. Trump should be indicted.
    CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Two months after his guilty plea, while still in custody, a federal grand jury in San Diego handed down the indictment against him and Aguilar in the killings.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023

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