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N.Y. Penal Law § 215.70: Unlawful grand jury disclosure

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title L. Offenses Against Public Administration
  4. Article 215. Other Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Proceedings

§ 215.70 Unlawful grand jury disclosure.

A person is guilty of unlawful grand jury disclosure when, being a

grand juror, a public prosecutor, a grand jury stenographer, a grand

jury interpreter, a police officer or a peace officer guarding a witness

in a grand jury proceeding, or a clerk, attendant, warden or other

public servant having official duties in or about a grand jury room or

proceeding, or a public officer or public employee, he intentionally

discloses to another the nature or substance of any grand jury

testimony, or any decision, result or other matter attending a grand

jury proceeding which is required by law to be kept secret, except in

the proper discharge of his official duties or upon written order of the

court. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit a witness from

disclosing his own testimony.

Unlawful grand jury disclosure is a class E felony.

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