The district attorney, assistant district attorneys, or special assistant district attorneys authorized by subsection C of Section 215.37M of this title, shall appear in all trial courts and prosecute all actions for crime committed in the district, whether the venue is changed or not; the district attorney or assistant district attorneys shall prosecute or defend in all courts, state and federal, in any county in this state, all civil actions or proceedings in which any county in the district is interested, or a party unless representation for the county is provided pursuant to subsection A of Section 215.37M of this title; and the district attorney or assistant district attorneys shall assist the grand jury, if required, pursuant to Section 215.13 of this title. The district attorney may at all times request the assistance of district attorneys, assistant district attorneys, district attorney investigators from other districts, or any attorney employed by the District Attorneys Council who then may appear and assist in the prosecution of actions for crime or assist in investigation of crime in like manner as assistants or investigators in the district. Added by Laws 1965, c. 256, § 4. Amended by Laws 1967, c. 265, § 3, emerg. eff. May 8, 1967; Laws 1988, c. 109, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws 1989, c. 179, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1992, c. 316, § 59, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1992, c. 327, § 9, eff. July 1, 1992; Laws 1996, c. 24, § 2, emerg. eff. April 3, 1996; Laws 2008, c. 334, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
Notes of Decisions
Wright v. Grove Sun Newspaper Co., Inc., 873 P.2d 983 (Okla. 1994).
· cites it 3× “The terms of 19 O.S.1991 § 215.4 provide in pertinent part: "The district attorney may at all times request the assistance of district attorneys, assistant district attorneys or district attorney investigators from other districts who then may appear and assist in the…”
Driskell v. State, 659 P.2d 343 (Okla. Crim. App. 1983).
“If the workload in a district becomes such that a district attorney or his or her assistants cannot manage it, the statutes provide that a district attorney can seek aid *347 from other districts, 19 O.S.1981, § 215.4; or from the attorney general, 19 O.”
Haney v. State, 850 P.2d 1087 (Okla. 1993).
“19 O.S.Supp.1992, § 215.4. 22 . 19 O.S.1991, § 215.”
Petuskey v. Cannon, 742 P.2d 1117 (Okla. 1987).
“Title 19 O.S.1981, § 215.4 charges the District Attorney, with the duty of prosecuting such matters for collection.”
Laidley v. McClain, 914 F.2d 1386 (10th Cir. 1990).
“The duties of a district attorney are set forth generally in Okla.Stat.Ann. tit. 19, § 215.4 and are implemented by other state statutes.”
State ex rel. Macy v. Owens, 934 P.2d 343 (Okla. Crim. App. 1997).
· cites it 2× “19 O.S.1991, § 215.4. This general statutory provision must obviously be followed unless superseded by a more specific statute or law which requires the district attorney and all of his or her assistants to be disqualified from acting in a particular matter.”
Driskell v. Goerke, 562 P.2d 157 (Okla. Crim. App. 1977).
· cites it 2× “See 19 O.S.1971, § 215.4. In 1967 the Legislature further provided that: “In the event that the District Attorney and all of his assistants are for any reason disqualified to act in a particular matter, the Attorney General of Oklahoma shall appoint some attorney of the district…”
Bd. of Governors of Registered Dentists of Oklahoma v. Spiva, 663 P.2d 735 (Okla. 1983).
· cites it 3× “49 states: “In addition to any other penalties provided herein, any person found guilty of contempt of court by reason of the violation of any order of judgment of injunction prohibiting the unlicensed practice of dentistry now in effect or hereafter entered pursuant to any…”
State Ex Rel. Barton v. Veley, 651 P.2d 683 (Okla. 1982).
“1981 § 75 which requires the district attorney to appear and prosecute all paternity actions; 1 and 19 O.S.1981 § 215.4 which mandates that the district attorney or his assistants shall prosecute or defend in all courts, state and federal, all civil actions in which any county…”
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