State v. Simons

We hold that the trial court had authority to dismiss the criminal charges against the defendant in this case as a remedy for the state’s refusal to comply with a settlement agreement. The record does not reveal any breach of the agreement on the defendant’s part or any justification for the state’s refusal to comply. For these reasons, we affirm the order of dismissal.

The defendant, Stuart Simons, was accused of three criminal offenses: theft of a trade secret, taking and disclosing trade secrets, and grand theft. The state alleged that he had appropriated a quilting machine and computerized…