McClatchy Newspapers v. Superior Court

*1167Opinion

KAUFMAN, J.

Thirteen years ago, we concluded that “in this state superior courts are empowered to exercise a limited review of a proposed grand jury report to ensure that the report does not exceed the grand jury’s lawful authority” and that “if a proposed grand jury report exceeds established legal limits, the superior court which convenes the grand jury and which is responsible for its supervision may properly refuse to file the report.” (People v. Superior Court (1973 Grand Jury) (1975) 13 Cal.3d 430, 433 [119 Cal.Rptr. 193, 531 P.2d 761] (hereafter cited as 1973 Grand Jury).)

In this…