Opinion ID: 2216328
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Media exposure

Text: Appellant does not specifically allege prejudice with respect to the significant media exposure in the case, but rather urges this court to adopt a rule requiring a prosecutor to inquire into grand jury media exposure. We decline to do so here. There is no record of anyone making reference to media coverage of matters pending before the grand jury. Thus, this case differs from State v. Johnson, 441 N.W.2d 460, 465-66 (Minn.1989), where this court dismissed defendants' indictments because of cumulative error in the grand jury proceedings, based in part on the county attorney's reference to newspaper coverage of pending homicide cases without discouraging the grand jurors from exposing themselves to that media coverage. Appellant produced no evidence of prejudice resulting from any alleged media exposure by the grand jury.