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Cal. Penal Code § 938 (2026)

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(a)Whenever criminal causes are being investigated before the grand jury, it shall appoint a competent stenographic reporter. He shall be sworn and shall report in shorthand the testimony given in such causes and shall transcribe the shorthand in all cases where an indictment is returned or accusation presented.

(b)At the request of the grand jury, the reporter shall also prepare transcripts of any testimony reported during any session of the immediately preceding grand jury.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: State v. Ponzo (Del. Super. Ct. 2023).

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State v. Ponzo (Del. Super. Ct. 2023). “For example, in 1970, the Supreme Court of Hawai‘i, when exercising its state constitutional power to promulgate and modify court procedural rules, entertained a petition for an order to compel the presence of a court reporter at 97 See William C.”

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