SB1241 - Tennessee - Grand Juries

Companion Bill HB1342. Grand Juries - Allows court to allow disclosure of grand jury documents and proceedings upon showing by defendant that impropriety or misconduct occurred during the course of the proceedings. - Amends TCA Title 40. Fiscal Summary for *SB1241 / HB1342 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1241 / HB1342 Under present law, grand jury documents and proceedings are confidential and may only be disclosed to a district attorney general for use in the performance of the district attorney general's duty and government personnel who are deemed necessary by the district attorney general to assist the district attorney general in the performance of the district attorney general's duties. Present law also authorizes the disclosure of grand jury documents and proceedings when: (1) Directed by [...]

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