Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.13 (2026)

Grand jury; juror; grounds of objection to competency.

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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Act 175 of 1927

767.13 Grand jury; juror; grounds of objection to competency.

Sec. 13.

A person held to answer to any criminal charge may object to the competency of any 1 summoned to serve as a grand juror, on the ground that he is the prosecutor or complainant upon any charge against such person; and if such objection be established, the person so summoned shall be set aside.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17227 ;-- CL 1948, 767.13

FormerLaw Notes:

See section 7 of Ch. 164 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 6016; CL 1871, § 7885; How., § 9496; CL 1897, § 11881; and CL 1915, § 15708.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1978–2001 · leading case: People v. Glass, 627 N.W.2d 261 (Mich. 2001).

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People v. Glass, 627 N.W.2d 261 (Mich. 2001). · cites it 2× “§ 767.13, 767.14, which the prosecutor argued precluded such challenges.”

People v. Edmond, 273 N.W.2d 85 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “In considering the first two issues, it held that such failures to strictly comply with the applicable statute did not affect or threaten the due process rights of the defendants, and thus, that these defects were properly entitled to protection from challenge under the…”

People v. Glass, 597 N.W.2d 876 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 6× “He argues that he may challenge the multicounty grand jury on constitutional grounds regardless of the dictates of MCL 767.13; MSA 28.953 and MCL 767.14; MSA 28.”

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