SAN JOSE MERCURY v. CRIMINAL GRAND JURY

No. H026796.

18 Cal.Rptr.3d 645 (2004)

122 Cal.App.4th 410

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CRIMINAL GRAND JURY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

September 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, Edward P. Davis, Jr., James M. Chadwick, Diana Ng, East Palo Alto, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Office of the County Counsel, Ann Miller Ravel, County Counsel, Martin H. Dodd, Special Assistant County Counsel, Debra L. Cauble, Assistant County Counsel, Melissa R. Kiniyalocts, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

California District Attorneys Association, David R. LaBahn, Sacramento, and George M. Palmer, Los Angeles, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


PREMO, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

After a witness has testified before the Criminal Grand Jury in Santa Clara County (Grand Jury), the foreperson gives the witness the following admonition: "You are admonished not to reveal to any person, except as directed by the court, what questions were asked and what responses were given or any other matters concerning the nature or subject of the grand jury's investigation which...

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