SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
4050 Main Street
Riverside, CA 92501
951.777.3163
News Release
RIVERSIDE COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY SELECTION CEREMONY
TO BE HELD ON JULY 1, 2016
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Contact: Marita C. Ford, Public Information Officer
RIVERSIDE COUNTY:
The Judges of the Superior Court have nominated 27 Riverside County citizens to the panel from which the members of the 2016-2017 Civil Grand Jury will be drawn. Exercising an option available under amended statues, the Judges have named among the 27 member panel, seven members of the 2015-2016 Civil Grand Jury as “holdovers” to the 2016-2017 Civil Grand Jury. The 19 member 2016-2017 Civil Grand Jury will be drawn from this 27 member panel on July 1, 2016, and the 8 persons not drawn for immediate service will remain to be drawn as alternates should that become necessary during the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
In making judicial nominations to the panel, the court attempted to apportion the panel on the basis of gender, race, age and residency in supervisorial districts to the extent possible from among the applications received.
The 2016-2017 Civil Grand Jury panel will be summoned to a special session of the Superior Court to be held at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2016, at the Riverside County Historic Courthouse (Department 1), located at 4050 Main Street in Riverside. At this time the names of the 19 individuals who will serve on the 2016-2017 Civil Grand Jury will be drawn.
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