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[Music] case briefs and so much more LS status got what you're looking for in 1992 the Supreme Court of the United States heard United States V Williams a case focusing on the grand jury's Independence and its role in deciding whether there is enough evidence to charge someone with a crime John H Williams Jr was indicted on seven counts of making false statements to federally insured financial institutions but claimed that the government did not present important evidence to the grand jury both the district court and the court of appeals agreed and dismissed the indictment but the Supreme Court needed to determine if a valid indictment could be dismissed due to the government withholding evidence the Supreme Court held that the court of appeals mistakenly required the prosecutor to present exculpatory evidence to the grand jury challenging an indictment based on inadequate or unreliable evidence was deemed impermissible the court ultimately reversed the decision and emphasized the gran