State ex rel. Grand Jury of Sequoyah County v. Thornton

BARNES, Vice Chief Justice.

On the 9th day of August, 1979, District Judge Pat Pate of the District Court of Sequoyah County ordered and directed the convening of a Grand Jury. The Grand Jury was convened on September 17, 1979, and was discharged on December 13, 1979 after returning a single indictment against Larry Ringgold and two accusations for removal, one against appellee, Frank Thornton, Jr., then the Sheriff of Sequoyah County, and one against Carl Wilson, who was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Roland, Oklahoma.

*937The Grand Jury proceeding was conducted by two Assistant…