Is a grand jury's reporting power coextensive with its investigative power?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from McClatchy Newspapers v. Superior Court (1983-1984 Grand Jury for Fresno County), 163 Cal.App.3d 214, 209 Cal.Rptr. 598 (Cal. App. 1984):

We subscribe to the general principle that the grand jury's reporting power is coextensive with its investigative power in order that the people's right to know about the affairs of their government not be thwarted. "Law and common sense combine to compel the conclusion that, if a grand jury is authorized and bounden to inquire of public offense, a necessary element of this power must be the power and duty to disclose the result of the inquiry." (Irwin v. Murphy (1933) 129 Cal.App. 713, 717, 19 P.2d 292.)

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