Grand Jury meets the 3rd Monday of every odd numbered month (January, March, May, July, September and November). Criminal Term Day is held at 10:00 a.m. the next day.

Exceptions:

(1) Should Grand Jury fall on a state holiday, it will proceed the next business day and Term Day will follow on the next day.

(2) In the event that a mandatory judicial conference is being held, usually in May, contact the Clerk's Office for actual Grand Jury and Term Day dates.

It is mandatory that all defendants on bond and their attorney appear for Term Day. The function of Term Day is to set Circuit Court trial dates. Trial dates will be set within the term of court and not beyond.

Bench warrants will be issued for those who fail to appear on Term Day. Individuals incarcerated for charges pending at Grand Jury, who already have a trial date scheduled, do not appear for Term Day. If it is necessary to set a trial date for a person incarcerated the Clerk's Office will notify the Sheriff's Office so the defendant will be brought to the Term Day proceeding.

Interim Grand Jury meets the 3rd Monday of every even numbered month (February, April, June, August, October and December). Should Interim Grand Jury fall on a state holiday, it will proceed the next business day. Interim Grand Jury is only for those individuals that are incarcerated at the time of their preliminary hearing. Circuit Court trial dates are set at the preliminary hearing for these people. There is no Term Day following Interim Grand Jury.