{"id":954,"date":"2024-09-10T18:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T18:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=954"},"modified":"2024-09-10T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T18:28:07","slug":"judges-to-determine-need-for-grand-jury-richfield-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2024\/09\/10\/judges-to-determine-need-for-grand-jury-richfield-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"JUDGES TO DETERMINE NEED FOR GRAND JURY \u2013 RICHFIELD, UTAH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Richfield, Utah<\/b> \u2014 The next regularly scheduled meeting of Utah\u2019s grand jury panel of judges will\u00a0be on Thursday, October 2024, at the Richfield 6th District Courthouse, located at 845 East 300\u00a0North, Richfield UT, 84701.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the meeting is to hear testimony, if any, to determine whether a grand jury should be summoned based upon evidence of criminal activity. The panel of judges will hear, in\u00a0secret, individuals claiming information that justifies calling a grand jury. Individuals appearing before the panel of judges will be placed under oath. An individual who testifies must be\u00a0prepared to provide evidence to support a claim that justifies calling a grand jury. The Attorney General, a county attorney, district attorney, or special prosecutor appointed under U.C.A.\u00a0section 77-10a-1 can also present evidence of criminal activity. Controversies between individual\u00a0parties, civil matters, and matters that are subject to criminal appeal will not be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Those wanting to testify before the panel of judges should contact Keri Sargent, Deputy District Court Administrator, Administrative Office of the Courts, at (801) 238-7547 by Tuesday, October\u00a01, 2024, at noon, to schedule an appointment and arrange to receive further specific instructions. Any individual needing special accommodation during the hearing must notify panel staff at\u00a0least three business days prior to the hearing. If no appointments are scheduled by the\u00a0appointed\u00a0time, the meeting will be canceled without further notice.<\/p>\n<p>The current members of the grand jury panel of judges are: Supervising Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills, 3rd District Court; Judge Roger W Griffin, 4th District Court; Judge Angela\u00a0Fonnesbeck, 1st District Court; Judge Matthew Bell, 5th District Court; and Judge Paul Parker, 3rd District Court. Additional information regarding the grand jury panel of judges is available\u00a0at the Utah Court\u2019s website<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>in the Utah Code.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Utah\u2019s grand jury statute requires a panel of judges selected from throughout the state to hold a hearing in each\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 judicial district every three years.<\/p>\n<p>2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/cal\/grandjury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/cal\/grandjury&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726079077582000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0lP_RYF5bYgFBH1RwG2yKN\">http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/cal\/grandjury<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/xcode\/Title77\/Chapter10A\/77-10a-S2.html?v=C77-10a-S2_2018050820180508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/xcode\/Title77\/Chapter10A\/77-10a-S2.html?v%3DC77-10a-S2_2018050820180508&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726079077582000&amp;usg=AOvVaw017lXyUY6sDLzHWMBO-Ak0\">https:\/\/le.utah.gov\/xcode\/Title77\/Chapter10A\/77-10a-S2.html?v=C77-10a-S2_2018050820180508<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"># # #<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richfield, Utah \u2014 The next regularly scheduled meeting of Utah\u2019s grand jury panel of judges will\u00a0be on Thursday, October 2024, at the Richfield 6th District Courthouse, located at 845 East 300\u00a0North, Richfield UT, 84701.1 The purpose of the meeting is to hear testimony, if any, to determine whether a grand jury should be summoned based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 02:35:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":955,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}