§ 3321. — Number of grand jurors; summoning additional jurors.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3321]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 215--GRAND JURY
Sec. 3321. Number of grand jurors; summoning additional jurors
Every grand jury impaneled before any district court shall consist
of not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-three persons. If less
than sixteen of the persons summoned attend, they shall be placed on the
grand jury, and the court shall order the marshal to summon, either
immediately or for a day fixed, from the body of the district, and not
from the bystanders, a sufficient number of persons to complete the
grand jury. Whenever a challenge to a grand juror is allowed, and there
are not in attendance other jurors sufficient to complete the grand
jury, the court shall make a like order to the marshal to summon a
sufficient number of persons for that purpose.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 829.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 419 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Judicial Code
and Judiciary (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, Sec. 282, 36 Stat. 1165).
The provisions of the first sentence are embodied in rule 6(a) of
the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, but it has been retained
because of its relation to the remainder of the text which is not
covered by said rule.
