5.55 - B. Extraordinary Grand Jury Indictments

• Jurisdiction: New York

B. Extraordinary Grand Jury Indictments

An indictment returned by an extraordinary grand jury need not be tried before the empaneling extraordinary term of the Supreme Court.

If the [Extraordinary Supreme Court Term] adjourned sine die, and thus ended the term, what would . . . become of [its] indictments? They would not have fallen; . . . they would still be pending. Where would they be pending? In the Supreme Court of which the extraordinary term was only an extra part for the purpose of disposing of any business including these indictments if they were moved for trial in that part. ⁹⁴³

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^[943] . Reynolds v. Cropsey, 241 N.Y. 389, 397, 158 N.E. 303 (1925); accord People v. Harris, 182 Misc. 787, 739–95, 50 N.Y.S.2d 745 (Sup. Ct., Albany Co. 1944), rev’d on other grounds, 268 A.D. 731, 54 N.Y.S.2d 161 (3d...