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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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S.B. 796
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ANY GRAND JUROR'S VOTE AS TO A MATTER BEFORE THE GRAND JURY,
EXCEPT AS LAWFULLY ORDERED BY THIS COURT OR AS EXPRESSLY
AUTHORIZED BY LAW; AND NOT ALLOW ANY GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
OTHER THAN (THE STATE'S ATTORNEY/OTHER PROSECUTOR) OR PERSON
TO SEE OR HAVE A COPY OF ALL OR ANY PART OF THE TRANSCRIPT
EXCEPT ON A WRITTEN ORDER OF THIS COURT PASSED AFTER HEARING
THE (STATE'S ATTORNEY/OTHER PROSECUTOR).''
(E) INTERPRETER
EACH INTERPRETER IN A GRAND JURY PROCEEDING SHALL TAKE AN OATH IN
SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM:
"I (SWEAR/AFFIRM) TO INTERPRET ACCURATELY, COMPLETELY, AND
IMPARTIALLY AND, EXCEPT AS LAWFULLY ORDERED BY THIS COURT OR
AS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY LAW, NOT TO DISCLOSE KNOWINGLY ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WHILE SERVING IN THIS GRAND JURY
PROCEEDING."
COMMITTEE NOTE: Subsections (a), (c), and (d) of this section are new
language substituted for former CJ §§ 2-503(b)(l) and 8-213, former
Public Local Laws, Art. 14 [Howard County], § 7.304, former Public Local
Laws, Art. 16 [Montgomery County], § 12-22 (referring to a grand jury
clerk who, under § 12-23, must be a court reporter), and the first clause of
the former fourth sentence of Public Local Laws, Art. 4 [Baltimore City], §
7-7. The substitution revises Public Local Laws as statewide provisions.
Subsections (b) and (e) of this section are new and added for completeness.
The reference in subsection (a) of this section to "expressly authorized by
law" recognizes specific instances in which disclosure is allowed. E.g., CS
§§ 9-607 and 9-608 and the second clause of the former fourth sentence of
Public Local Laws, Art. 4 [Baltimore City], § 7-7 revised CJ § 8-417 as to
reports on investigations other than of correctional facilities. See also Md.
Rule 4-642(c).
The substitution deletes, in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the
former references to the oath being taken "before the clerk of the circuit
court" and before "the clerk of the circuit court for Baltimore City".
The substitution uses, in subsection (c) of this section, the term "court
reporter", instead of the former, more limited references to a
"stenographer" and "clerk appointed under ... the preceding section", to
encompass other types of reporters.
The substitution also uses, in subsection (c) of this section, the word
"ordered" instead of the former word "appointed", to conform to revised CJ
§ 2-503, which contemplates the designation of a grand jury reporter from
among court reporters regularly employed by or under contract with a
circuit court, instead of appointment by a jury judge or other circuit court
judge. As to a jury judge, see revised CJ § 8-204.
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