Section 904.4 Of Article 4. Impaneling Of Grand Jury From California Penal Code >> Title 4. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
904.4
. (a) In any county having a population of more than 370,000
but less than 400,000 as established by Section 28020 of the
Government Code, the presiding judge of the superior court, upon
application by the district attorney, may order and direct the
drawing and impanelment at any time of one additional grand jury.
(b) The presiding judge may select persons, at random, from the
list of trial jurors in civil and criminal cases and shall examine
them to determine if they are competent to serve as grand jurors.
When a sufficient number of competent persons have been selected,
they shall constitute the additional grand jury.
(c) Any additional grand jury which is impaneled pursuant to this
section may serve for a period of one year from the date of
impanelment, but may be discharged at any time within the one-year
period by order of the presiding judge. In no event shall more than
one additional grand jury be impaneled pursuant to this section at
the same time.
(d) Whenever an additional grand jury is impaneled pursuant to
this section, it may inquire into any matters that are subject to
grand jury inquiry and shall have the sole and exclusive jurisdiction
to return indictments, except for any matters that the regular grand
jury is inquiring into at the time of its impanelment.
(e) If an additional grand jury is also authorized by another
section, the county may impanel the additional grand jury authorized
by this section, or by the other section, but not both.