Okla. Stat. » Title 22 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 1182 (2026)

Accusation by grand jury

✓ laws through the 2025 session (checked Sept. 2026)
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section OK-LEGoklegislature.gov JustiaOkla. Stat. CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

An accusation in writing, charging such officer with any of the causes for removal mentioned in the first preceding section may be presented by the grand jury to the district court of the county in or for which the officer is elected or appointed: Provided, that in the case of a state officer, such accusation may be presented by the grand jury of the county in which such officer resides, or in which he has his place of office for the usual transaction of official business. R.L.1910, § 5593.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1955–2015 · leading case: Hale v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Seminole Cnty., 603 P.2d 761 (Okla. 1979).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Hale v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Seminole Cnty., 603 P.2d 761 (Okla. 1979). · cites it 3× “On the Board’s motion to dismiss, the principal question to be answered is whether the Court of Criminal *762 Appeals or this court, either or both, may take cognizance of an appeal in which review is sought of a judgment rendered in a removal-from-office proceeding initially…”
Dutton v. City of Midwest City, 2015 OK 51, 353 P.3d 532. “2d 761, 763 (we explained that although ouster proceedings could be instituted by grand jury accusation, 22 O.S.1971 § 1182, by resolution of the board of county commissioners, 22 O.”
State ex rel. Grand Jury of McCurtain Cnty. v. Pate, 572 P.2d 226 (Okla. 1977). “While empanelled it brought in a bill of Accusation For Removal of Fayrene Benson as County Superintendent of McCurtain County under the provisions of 22 O.S.1971 § 1182. After a number of disqualifications by certain participating public officials and proper substitutions made,…”
Russell v. Henderson, 603 P.2d 1132 (Okla. 1979). “The pertinent part of 22 O.S.1971 § 1182 provides: “An accusation in writing, charging such officer with any of the causes for removal mentioned in the first preceding section [1181] may be presented by the grand jury to the district court of the county in or for which the…”
Dutton v. City of Midwest City, 2015 OK 51. · cites it 4× “2d 761, 763 (we explained that although ouster proceedings could be instituted by grand jury accusation, 22 O.S.1971 §1182, by resolution of the board of county commissioners, 22 O.”
Loper v. Shumate, 282 P.2d 239 (Okla. 1955). “22 O.S.1951 § 1182 providing that the accusation “may be presented by the grand jury * * * ” is in all respects material to.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.