Grand juror not to disclose evidence--penalty.

540.320. No grand juror shall disclose any evidence givenbefore the grand jury, nor the name of any witness who appearedbefore them, except when lawfully required to testify as awitness in relation thereto; nor shall he disclose the fact ofany indictment having been found against any person for a felony,not in actual confinement, until the defendant shall have beenarrested thereon. Any juror violating the provisions of thissection shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(RSMo 1939 § 3924, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3535; 1919 § 3880; 1909 § 5088

(1959) Proceedings before grand jury, other than matters within antidisclosure provisions of section 540.310, held admissible in evidence in quo warranto proceeding to oust prosecuting attorney. State ex inf. Dalton v. Moody (Mo.), 325 S.W.2d 21.