In re Disqualification of Griffin

{¶ 1} This affidavit of disqualification was filed by William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, seeking to disqualify Judge Burt W. Griffin from *1220continuing to supervise the Monday/Wednesday “B” Side of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury, May Term, 2003.

{¶ 2} On April 30, 2003, Judge Griffin, in his role as its supervising judge, empaneled the subject grand jury. Judge Griffin read and distributed a ten-page grand jury charge, a copy of which was attached to affiant’s initial affidavit. It is Judge Griffin’s charge to the grand jury that is the basis for this affidavit of…