State v. Pacific

PRATHER, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

¶ 1. This case arises from an attempt by the Grand Jury of the First Judicial District of Jones County to subpoena financial records from the Jones County District Attorney, Jeannene Pacific. The records at issue related to over $35,000 in expenditures from the Jones County Worthless Check Unit to Pacific and her staff as “salary supplements” and to various local businesses for the entertainment of Pacific and her staff.1

¶ 2. Pacific contended that the Grand Jury had been unduly influenced, and successfully moved before a special judge…