Haynes Named Grand Jury Prosecutor
Gene Haynes, District Attorney for Rogers, Mayes and Craig counties, will be the special prosecutor in the Grand Jury hearing beginning April 24, looking into alleged violations by several Grove government officials.
Haynes has been associated with five previous grand juries and also is no stranger to the news media.
In 2004, he refused to prosecute an Oklahoma woman who shot her husband to death during a fight after the couple watched an episode of the Montel Williams show on TV. According to press reports, Teri Lynn Carver shot her husband Cecil at their home in Rose, Ok. At the time, police said the couple was in bed Feb. 24, 2004 smoking marijuana and watching the talk show on surviving a lover's attack. Teri told her husband that he resembled those of abusive husbands on the show, which in turn caused Cecil to turn violent.
Cecil then shot the headboard of the bed near Teri, she then called for help, she reached for the gun and shot her husband, killing him. Haynes did not press charges against Carver.
In 1998, Haynes filed charges against a black man from Vermont, pulled over by an Oklahoma state trooper in Craig County who was jailed on suspicion of possession of marijuana, but it turned out to be organically grown rosemary and another herb used for treatment of tuberculosis.
At the time, his attorney, Jim Hadley of Vinita, said "he's not guilty of anything but being black and having butt-long dreadlocks and driving in Oklahoma." Haynes pursued the case "because we feel he was under some type of influence that rendered him a danger on the roadway," he told the Tulsa World.
Haynes has served 16 years as District Attorney for the three counties. A jury pool will be drawn from Delaware County residents, as usual in any trial, but the proceedings will be secret. with only attorneys, witnesses, and the jury in the courtroom. The jury will consider the Grand Jury petition from Earl Barnes, Grove resident, on violations of the open meetings act, violation of the state's competitive bidding act, violation of city bidding ordinances and violation of constitutional rights of several county residents.
The last Grand Jury in Delaware County was 10 years ago, involving the Grove School Board.
Haynes has been associated with five previous grand juries and also is no stranger to the news media.
In 2004, he refused to prosecute an Oklahoma woman who shot her husband to death during a fight after the couple watched an episode of the Montel Williams show on TV. According to press reports, Teri Lynn Carver shot her husband Cecil at their home in Rose, Ok. At the time, police said the couple was in bed Feb. 24, 2004 smoking marijuana and watching the talk show on surviving a lover's attack. Teri told her husband that he resembled those of abusive husbands on the show, which in turn caused Cecil to turn violent.
Cecil then shot the headboard of the bed near Teri, she then called for help, she reached for the gun and shot her husband, killing him. Haynes did not press charges against Carver.
In 1998, Haynes filed charges against a black man from Vermont, pulled over by an Oklahoma state trooper in Craig County who was jailed on suspicion of possession of marijuana, but it turned out to be organically grown rosemary and another herb used for treatment of tuberculosis.
At the time, his attorney, Jim Hadley of Vinita, said "he's not guilty of anything but being black and having butt-long dreadlocks and driving in Oklahoma." Haynes pursued the case "because we feel he was under some type of influence that rendered him a danger on the roadway," he told the Tulsa World.
Haynes has served 16 years as District Attorney for the three counties. A jury pool will be drawn from Delaware County residents, as usual in any trial, but the proceedings will be secret. with only attorneys, witnesses, and the jury in the courtroom. The jury will consider the Grand Jury petition from Earl Barnes, Grove resident, on violations of the open meetings act, violation of the state's competitive bidding act, violation of city bidding ordinances and violation of constitutional rights of several county residents.
The last Grand Jury in Delaware County was 10 years ago, involving the Grove School Board.
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