People v. Morris

The prosecutor appeals by leave granted from an Ingham Circuit Court order affirming a district court order that had granted defendant Morris’ motion to quash an indictment returned by a multicounty citizens’ grand jury. We reverse and remand.

In December 1994, a petition was filed with this Court requesting that the Court convene a multicounty grand jury pursuant to MCL 767.7b; MSA 28.947(2). Finding that “probable cause exists to believe that a crime, or portion of such crime” had been committed in the counties named in the petition, and finding “reason to believe that a Grand Jury with…