Kelley v. Tanksley

Jordan, Judge.

“The duties of a grand jury shall be confined to such matters and things as by the law they are required to perform.” Code § 59-301.

While it is the duty of the grand jury to investigate and present public officials for malpractice in the performance of their official duties (Groves v. State, 73 Ga. 205; Cook v. Sikes, 210 Ga. 722, 82 SE2d 641), a grand jury has no right in the absence of specific statutory authority to file a report charging or casting reflections of misconduct in office upon a public officer or impugning his character, except by presentment or true bill of…