LEO: Commonwealth's Attorney - Communication  LE Op. 416

 

Commonwealth's Attorney - Communication With Jurors.

 

May 21, 1981

 

It is ethically improper for a Commonwealth's Attorney to (1) write a

letter congratulating a particular jury panel for the manner in which they

carried out their duties; (2) write an entire jury panel after they are

discharged at the end of each term of Court congratulating them for the

manner in which they carried out their duties; and (3) write members of a

grand jury after they are discharged congratulating them for the manner in

which they carried out their duties. [See II: DR:7-107(C).]

 

Committee Opinion May 21, 1981