People v. Kaplan

Appellant was convicted of. perjury in testifying before a Wayne county grand jury. The first question presented is:

“Can a grand jury continue to exercise its functions beyond the term in which it was organized, so as to return indictments in connection with matters not under consideration by it before the term of court is concluded?”

Defendant, being indicted for perjury, stood mute, and, before the jury was impaneled, raised the above question by motion to quash the indictment. He claims the answer should have been in the negative, and that the grand jury was without jurisdiction to conduct…