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725 ILCS 5/112-2 (2026)

Impaneling the Grand Jury

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(725 ILCS 5/112-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 112-2)
    Sec. 112-2. Impaneling the Grand Jury.
    (a) The Grand Jury shall consist of 16 persons, 12 of whom shall be necessary to constitute a quorum.
    (b) The Grand Jury shall be impaneled, sworn and instructed as to its duties by the court. The court shall select and swear one of the grand jurors to serve as foreman.
    (c) Before the Grand Jury shall enter upon the discharge of their duties the following oath shall be administered to the jurors:
    "Do each of you swear (or affirm) that you will diligently inquire into all matters presented to you; that you will return no indictment through malice or ill will, or fail to return one due to fear or reward; and that in all your decisions you will present the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, according to the best of your skill and understanding."
(Source: P.A. 102-495, eff. 8-20-21.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2013–2021 · leading case: People v. Moon, 2020 IL App (1st) 170675 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
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People v. Moon, 2020 IL App (1st) 170675 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “, 725 ILCS 5/112-2(c) (West 2018) (criminal grand jury); 55 ILCS 5/3- 3024 (West 2018) (coroner’s jury); 735 ILCS 30/10-5-40 (West 2018) (eminent domain cases).”
People v. Kliner, 2015 IL App (1st) 122285 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “He asserted the record of his trial proceedings did not establish that the grand jury was sworn pursuant to section 112-2(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/112-2(b) (West -2- 1992)), which states that the “Grand Jury shall be impaneled, sworn and…”
People v. Bell, 2013 IL App (3d) 120328 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “725 ILCS 5/112-2 (West 1994). The indictment, however, is not required to show compliance with this provision of the statute.”
— 725 ILCS 5/112-2(b) — 1 case
People v. Kliner, 2015 IL App (1st) 122285 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “He asserted the record of his trial proceedings did not establish that the grand jury was sworn pursuant to section 112-2(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5/112-2(b) (West -2- 1992)), which states that the “Grand Jury shall be impaneled, sworn and…”
— 725 ILCS 5/112-2(c) — 1 case
People v. Moon, 2020 IL App (1st) 170675 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “, 725 ILCS 5/112-2(c) (West 2018) (criminal grand jury); 55 ILCS 5/3- 3024 (West 2018) (coroner’s jury); 735 ILCS 30/10-5-40 (West 2018) (eminent domain cases).”
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