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Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.23 (2026)

Grand jury; indictment, vote required; true bill.

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THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE


Act 175 of 1927


767.23 Grand jury; indictment, vote required; true bill.

Sec. 23.

    No indictment can be found without the concurrence of at least 9 grand jurors; and when so found, and not otherwise, the foreman of the grand jury shall certify thereon, under his hand, that the same is a true bill.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17237 ;-- CL 1948, 767.23 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1970

FormerLaw Notes:

    See section 17 of Ch. 164 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 6026; CL 1871, § 7895; How., § 9506; CL 1897, § 11891; and CL 1915, § 15718.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 2022–2025 · leading case: People of Michigan v. Richard Louis Baird (Mich. 2022).
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People of Michigan v. Richard Louis Baird (Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “24(1) and MCL 767.23, specifically authorize grand juries to issue indictments, MCL 767.”
People of Michigan v. Nicolas Lyon (Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “24(1) and MCL 767.23, specifically authorize grand juries to issue indictments, MCL 767.”
People of Michigan v. Nancy Peeler (Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “24(1) and MCL 767.23, specifically authorize grand juries to issue indictments, MCL 767.”
People of Michigan v. Richard Louis Baird (Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “24(1) and MCL 767.23, specifically authorize grand juries to issue indictments, MCL 767.”
People of Michigan v. Nicolas Lyon (Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “24(1) and MCL 767.23, specifically authorize grand juries to issue indictments, MCL 767.”
People of Michigan v. Nancy Peeler (Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “24(1) and MCL 767.23, specifically authorize grand juries to issue indictments, MCL 767.”
People of Michigan v. Richard Louis Baird (Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “24(1) and MCL 767.23, specifically authorize grand juries to issue indictments, MCL 767.”
People of Michigan v. Nicolas Lyon (Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “24(1) and MCL 767.23, specifically authorize grand juries to issue indictments, MCL 767.”
People of Michigan v. Nancy Peeler (Mich. 2022). · cites it 3× “24(1) and MCL 767.23, specifically authorize grand juries to issue indictments, MCL 767.”
People of Michigan v. Joel Hosea Harding (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “26 that defendant was entitled to a dismissal of his case because he was not indicted by a nine-person grand jury under MCL 767.23. We disagree. Defendant did not raise this ineffective-assistance issue by moving the trial court for a new trial or a Ginther hearing, Heft, 299…”
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