Sec. 14. (a) The judge of any court having criminal jurisdiction may, upon due cause shown by petition of the prosecuting attorney of the judicial circuit, order the clerk of the courts, or jury administrator (as defined in IC 33-28-5-3) to draw the names of competent persons to be summoned to serve on a special grand jury, which shall serve in addition to the grand jury regularly summoned and convened pursuant to law. (b) A special grand jury has the powers and duties of a grand jury prescribed by law. (c) The members of the special grand jury serve terms of three (3) months or more, as requested by the prosecuting attorney. The terms of members of a special grand jury shall be extended for the same period of time and in the same manner in which the terms of grand jury members may be extended under section 13 of this chapter. As added by P.L.171-1984, SEC.76. Amended by P.L.98-2004, SEC.145; P.L.118-2007, SEC.30.
IC 35-34-2-15 Special grand jury; number and names to be drawn; investigation of panel; issuance of venires or summonses Sec. 15. When names of grand jurors are ordered drawn to be summoned under section 14 of this chapter, the judge shall specify the number of names to be drawn, and shall enter an order in sufficient time before the grand jury session to permit counsel to know and investigate the panel of special grand jurors. The order of names listed in the panel and called for service and entered in the order book of the court shall be the same as that provided in IC 33-28-5. The clerk shall issue summonses for such jurors as the courts may direct. The sheriff or bailiff shall then call the special grand jurors to the jury box in the same order as that in which their names were drawn from the jury pool and certified thereto. As added by P.L.171-1984, SEC.77. Amended by P.L.98-2004, SEC.146; P.L.118-2007, SEC.31.