State v. Turner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson, J.:

Rodney Turner seeks review of the Court of Appeals decision that reversed the district court’s dismissal of a multiple-count indictment returned against him by a citizen-initiated grand jury. The petition to convene the grand jury alleged wrongdoing by the officers and directors of the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas (Unified Government). Turner, an attorney who did consulting and legal work for BPU, was indicted by die grand jury on 2 counts of theft and 55 counts of…