Baker v. Gibson

Brazil, C.J.:

Jeffrey D. Baker, the Rice County sheriff, sought district court review of the county attorney’s determination that a recall petition to remove him from office was legally sufficient. The district court agreed with Baker and found the petition legally insufficient. The recall committee (the Committee) appeals. We affirm.

The grounds for recall as stated in the recall petition are as follows:

“September 6, 1993 he was at a party in Lyons and became very intoxicated. He began threatening to go to another officers [sic] residence and cause him bodily harm creating a disturbance. The…