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K.S.A. § 22-3005 (2026)

Charge by the court

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22-3005. Charge by the court. (a) When a grand jury is impaneled and sworn, it shall be charged by the judge who summoned it. In so doing, the judge shall give the grand jurors such information as the judge deems proper and as is required by law, as to their duties, and as to any charges of crimes known to the court and likely to come before the grand jury.

(b) When the grand jury has been impaneled, sworn and charged, it shall retire to a private room, and inquire into the crimes cognizable by it.

History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3005; L. 2013, ch. 85, § 6; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1999–2011 · leading case: State v. Snodgrass, 979 P.2d 664 (Kan. 1999).
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State v. Snodgrass, 979 P.2d 664 (Kan. 1999). “K.S.A. 22-3005(2) provides *194 that after the grand jury has been impaneled, “it shall retire to a private room, and inquire into the crimes cognizable by it.”
Tiller v. Corrigan, 182 P.3d 719 (Kan. 2008). “K.S.A. 22-3005(1). Furthermore, the district court fixes die compensation of the certified shorthand re *38 porter and must approve the grand jury’s employment of special counsel, investigators, or the incurring of other expenses for services and supplies.”
State v. Turner, 250 P.3d 286 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “Once the grand jury is impaneled and sworn, a district judge charges the jurors, giving them “such information as he deems proper and is required by law, as to their duties, as to any charges of crimes known to the court and likely to come before the grand jury.”
— K.S.A. § 22-3005(1) — 2 cases
Tiller v. Corrigan, 182 P.3d 719 (Kan. 2008). “K.S.A. 22-3005(1). Furthermore, the district court fixes die compensation of the certified shorthand re *38 porter and must approve the grand jury’s employment of special counsel, investigators, or the incurring of other expenses for services and supplies.”
State v. Turner, 250 P.3d 286 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011). “Once the grand jury is impaneled and sworn, a district judge charges the jurors, giving them “such information as he deems proper and is required by law, as to their duties, as to any charges of crimes known to the court and likely to come before the grand jury.”
— K.S.A. § 22-3005(2) — 2 cases
State v. Snodgrass, 979 P.2d 664 (Kan. 1999). “K.S.A. 22-3005(2) provides *194 that after the grand jury has been impaneled, “it shall retire to a private room, and inquire into the crimes cognizable by it.”
State v. Turner, 250 P.3d 286 (Kan. Ct. App. 2011). “Once the grand jury is impaneled and sworn, a district judge charges the jurors, giving them “such information as he deems proper and is required by law, as to their duties, as to any charges of crimes known to the court and likely to come before the grand jury.”
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