What is the difference between grand jury and petit jury service?
Persons selected to serve on the grand jury decide whether a particular person should be charged with a felony crime and stand trial upon examining the evidence and information presented by a county prosecutor through witnesses, finding probable cause to indict a person for committing a felony or other infamous crime which occurred in Seneca County. Petit or trial jurors in a felony case, however, decide whether a person charged with one or more felony crimes is guilty or not guilty of committing a crime based upon evidence which proves the accused person’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
