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Grand Jury Petition Obtained

Petition For Impaneling the Grand Jury Obtained by the Grady County Gazette
by James Daniel Morrison
Editor, Grady County Gazette

August 27th, 2007

The Grady County Gazette is in receipt of a six page document titled "Petition for Impaneling the Grand Jury". The document was recently received with a cover letter indicating it being a felony for anyone to sign the petition for the convening of a grand jury with any name other than his own.
In the petition, it references Section 18 of article II of the Oklahoma Constitution for the proposed impaneling of a grand jury to convene in Grady County for the purpose of conducting a thorough, complete and independent investigation to discover any violations of Oklahoma Law involving the alleged criminal activity and neglect of duty of the District Attorney, Bret Burns, while employed as the Assistant District Attorney and as the District Attorney in and for Grady County Oklahoma, and in addition, to investigate any and all other matters called to the attention of the Grand Jury.
The petition further states that should a person sign , they are alleging that Mr. Bret Burns has been guilty of the following while in his office in the following particulars:
a.) Neglect of duty.
b.) Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicants.
c.) Sexual assault and battery.
d.) Providing alcohol to minors
e.) Illegal gambling.
f.) Embezzlement.
g.) Failure to perform the duties
g.) Any other matter called to the attention of the grand jury.
The District Attorney, Bret Burns was eMailed this report prior to it's publishing for his review and to allow any comment. Mr. Burns is yet to respond.
The following images are scanned copies of the petition's most important pages:

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