{"id":"NJ-097","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts (transmitting the Supreme Court\u0027s June 4, 2020 Order)","authority":"N.J. Const. art. VI, sec. 2, para. 3","instrument":"Notice to the Bar, Virtual Grand Jury Pilot Program - Consent Not Required to Proceed (with Supreme Court Order of June 4, 2020)","title":"Virtual (video) grand jury pilot (authorized May 14, 2020) expanded: defendant consent no longer required","dateIssued":"2020-06-08","effective":"2020-06-04 (Order)","end":"Virtual grand juries established in all counties by the Ninth Omnibus Order (Oct. 8, 2020)","startDate":"2020-06-04","endDate":"2020-10-08","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["grand juries in Bergen and Mercer Counties (pilot), then statewide","prosecutors and defendants"],"clause":"\u0022The Supreme Court by Notice and Order dated May 14, 2020 authorized a pilot program for virtual (video) grand jury sessions, starting in Bergen and Mercer Counties.\u0022... \u0022the Supreme Court has modified the parameters of the pilot program so as to eliminate the requirement that cases can only be presented to a grand jury convening remotely if the defendant has consented to proceeding remotely.\u0022","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT criminal practice conducted by video"],"notes":"Courts: in-person grand juries did not resume in 2020; the Judiciary converted them to video.","sourceUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200920014647id_/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200609a.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200920014647/https://www.njcourts.gov/notices/2020/n200609a.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":373040,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-097","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-097","citation":"Hon. Glenn A. Grant, J.A.D., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts (transmitting the Supreme Court\u0027s June 4, 2020 Order), Notice to the Bar, Virtual Grand Jury Pilot Program - Consent Not Required to Proceed (with Supreme Court Order of June 4, 2020) (June 8, 2020) (Ex. NJ-097)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-090"]}