In Stern v. State ex rel. Ansel, 869 S.W.2d 614 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.], the district attorney argued, in a removal lawsuit, that he did not violate any "law" in the State of Texas, because no statute expressly prohibited his conduct of handing out copies of grand jury testimony to the public. Id. at 619. The court of appeals held that the district attorney violated the common law purpose behind article 20.02 which, at that time, stated only that grand jury members and bailiffs are prohibited from divulging anything that transpired before the grand jury. Id. The court of appeals gave the grand jury secrecy statutes "the reasonable and liberal construction which will result in the accomplishment of the purposes for which they were enacted." Id at 620.