Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (2000)
California Attorney General Reports
Decided July 26, 2000Published
1Opinion of the Court
BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General
THE HONORABLE H. PETER KLEIN, COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, has requested an opinion on the following question:
May a secrecy admonition order issued to a grand jury witness by the superior court on behalf of the grand jury contain a notice to third persons advising such persons that they may be held in contempt of court if they induce or attempt to induce the witness to disclose anything that took place in the grand jury room?
CONCLUSION
A secrecy admonition order issued to a grand jury witness by the superior court on…
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