“If you’re being investigated by a grand jury, it’s possible that you wouldn’t even know. Typically, people get tipped off that a grand jury is conducting an investigation because maybe their friends, neighbors, or co-workers have been subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury, or they themselves have received a subpoena to come in and testify, or a subpoena for certain documents. If you have received a subpoena...

“A grand jury is different than a regular jury you might have seen in a TV court room. A grand jury is a secret proceeding that’s put on by either a state prosecutor or a federal prosecutor, in which they present evidence, typically a felony case, to select members of the public. Those members then hear this evidence, they may consist of testimony from witnesses or documents that are presented, and then the grand jurors will...

“I have numerous clients that come to me when they find out that there is a grand jury that’s being presented evidence. Just because you’ve been indicted by a grand jury doesn’t mean you would go to jail. An indictment is essentially a vehicle to get a case into court. It’s just like when you get pulled over by the police and they give you a ticket for speeding too much. It’s essentially the same thing;...

“A Grand Jury typically hears felony cases, a felony case such as a homicide case, or a white collar crime case, mortgage fraud, those are the types of cases that are typically heard by a Grand Jury. In the state of Colorado, the state can actually hand out a felony information or a complaint and you don’t have to be indicted by a Grand Jury. However, in Federal court you have a right to a Grand Jury indictment so the Federal...