Supreme Court Rules Table of Contents
1. An application for a multicounty grand jury shall be made
by the attorney general or his designee. The application shall include the
following:
(a) A statement by the
attorney general or his designee that the convening of a multicounty grand jury
is necessary, in his judgment:
(1) Because
of an alleged crime or crimes involving more than one county or judicial
district thereof of the state; and
(2) The grand
jury functions cannot be effectively performed by a county grand jury.
(b) A statement identifying the crime
or crimes under investigation and setting forth reasons why a county grand jury
cannot effectively perform the grand jury functions.
(c) A statement as to whether the
multicounty grand jury will have statewide jurisdiction or, if not, a listing of
the counties or judicial districts thereof over which the multicounty grand jury
shall have jurisdiction.
(d) A statement identifying the
counties or judicial districts thereof which shall supply jurors and number of
jurors to be supplied by each county or judicial district thereof.
(e) A statement designating the
location or locations for the multicounty grand jury proceedings. Such location
or locations need not be restricted to the county or counties or judicial
districts thereof supplying jurors.
(f) A statement that all evidence to
be presented to the multicounty grand jury shall be presented by the attorney
general or his designee and that all indictments returned by the multicounty
grand jury shall be prosecuted by the attorney general or his designee.
2. The attorney general or his designee shall file an
original and one copy of the application with the clerk of the supreme court.
The application and copy shall be upon good quality, 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper. The
text of the application shall be double spaced.
3. The original and all copies of an application for a
multicounty grand jury shall be sealed by the clerk of the supreme court.
4. An order granting an application for the convening of a
multicounty grand jury, which shall be sealed by the clerk of the supreme court,
shall, in addition to the information set forth under RSA 600-A:2:
(a) Designate the clerk of the
superior court in which the multicounty grand jury proceeding is to be located
as the primary clerk for the selection of grand jurors in the ratios identified
by the court in its order.
(b) Include a statement that the
selection of supplemental grand jurors, if necessary, shall maintain the ratio
of multicounty grand jurors as identified in the court's initial order.
(c) A statement that all judicial
proceedings, if any, involving the proper activities of the multicounty grand
jury shall be sealed and a stenographic record shall be made of all such
proceedings.
5. Transcripts of multicounty grand jury proceedings shall be
governed by the provisions of Supreme Court Rule 52.
6. Within 60 days of the conclusion of an investigation
conducted by a multicounty grand jury which does not result in an indictment,
the attorney general or his designee shall provide the chief justice with a
report summarizing the matters under investigation and the attorney general's
finding with regard to those matters. The attorney general's report to the chief
justice shall be sealed.
7. Motions to extend a multicounty grand jury shall be filed
with the justice of the superior court supervising the multicounty grand jury.
Any such extension shall be granted only if good cause is shown. The supervising
superior court justice may extend the term of a multicounty grand jury only for
such period as is necessary to complete the investigation; provided, however,
that any such extension shall not exceed six months. The attorney general or his
designee may apply for more than one extension.