                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ROLE AND PRESENCE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL; EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES; SWORN
INVESTIGATORS (§ 19.2-215.6)

Special counsel may be present during the investigatory stage of a
multi-jurisdiction grand jury proceeding and may examine any witness who is
called to testify or produce evidence. The examination of a witness by special
counsel shall in no way affect the right of any grand juror to examine the
witness.
		At the request of special counsel, the presiding judge shall designate
specialized personnel for investigative purposes. Such personnel shall be
designated as a sworn investigator and shall be administered an oath to maintain
the secrecy of all proceedings of the multi-jurisdiction grand jury. A sworn
investigator is permitted to discuss multi-jurisdiction grand jury proceedings
with any other sworn investigator or special counsel and may participate in
multi-jurisdiction grand jury proceedings at the request of special counsel or
the grand jury. Any specialized personnel who have been administered an oath to
maintain the secrecy of all proceedings of the multi-jurisdiction grand jury
before July 1, 2014, and who continue to serve in that position are deemed to be
sworn investigators under this section.
		Special counsel and sworn investigators, however, may not be present at any
time during the deliberations of a multi-jurisdiction grand jury except when the
grand jury requests the legal advice of special counsel as to specific questions
of law.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 543; 2014, c. 389.