(2) A presentment cannot be found and made to the court except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, and, when so found and presented, the court shall give such instructions to the grand jury concerning the law of the case as it thinks proper and necessary.
(3) A presentment is made to the court by the foreman in the presence of the grand jury. But being a mere formal statement of facts for the purpose of obtaining the advice of the court as to the law arising thereon, it is not to be filed in court or preserved beyond the sitting of the grand jury.
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
Chapter 132 - Grand Jury, Indictments and Other Accusatory Instruments
Section 132.020 - Selection of grand juries; law applicable to additional jury; when inquiry void.
Section 132.060 - Oath or affirmation of jurors.
Section 132.090 - Presence of persons at sittings or deliberations of jury; interpreters.
Section 132.110 - When juror discharged; replacement; proceeding with lesser number.
Section 132.220 - Disclosure by juror of testimony of witness examined by jury.
Section 132.260 - Recording of testimony required; matters that may not be recorded.
Section 132.320 - Consideration of evidence; appearance by defendant.
Section 132.350 - Juror’s knowledge of an offense; action thereon.
Section 132.370 - Presentment of facts to court for instruction as to law.
Section 132.430 - Finding against indictment; indorsement "not a true bill."
Section 132.440 - Inquiry into conditions in correctional and youth correction facilities.
Section 132.550 - Contents of indictment.
Section 132.557 - Indictment must contain subcategory facts under certain circumstances.
Section 132.560 - Joinder of counts and charges; consolidation of charging instruments.
Section 132.586 - Pleading domestic violence in accusatory instrument.