People Ex Rel. Carey v. Power

This is an original action seeking a writ of mandamus which would direct the presiding judge of the criminal division of the circuit court of Cook County to impanel a second regular grand jury each month. We have taken the respondent’s motion for dismissal of the petition for consideration with the request for mandamus.

On July 3, 1974, Bernard Carey, State’s Attorney of Cook County, appeared before Judge Joseph Power, presiding judge of the criminal division of the circuit court of Cook County, and requested the impanelment of a second regular grand jury in August, 1974, and each month…