In Re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS 198.GJ.20

Opinion by:

KAREN ANGELINI, Justice.

Harold Lloyd Shields1 petitioned the trial court to order the disclosure of grand jury proceedings pursuant to article 20.02(d) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.2 The trial court denied the petition, and Shields appeals. Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Shields’s petition, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

BACKGROUND

Shields seeks the disclosure of state grand jury proceedings related to his indictment for aggravated sexual assault. Specifically, he hopes to use the grand jurors’ deposition testimony as evidence in his…