State v. Sandbach

The state appeals from an order that dismissed with prejudice a 27-count indictment against defendant. The trial court entered the order because the state was not prepared to try the case on the scheduled trial date. We review the order for an abuse of discretion and reverse.

The indictment charged defendant with unlawfully obtaining Schedule III narcotics from the dentist for whom she worked, with delivering those drugs to others, and with tampering with drug records. ORS 475.992; ORS 167.212. The case and an unrelated criminal case involving defendant and her husband were Douglas County…