State v. Thompson

Apparently aggrieved at appellee’s acquittal by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore on narcotic charges, an Assistant State’s Attorney opted to reopen a stet in another case that had been entered as the result of a plea bargain. The appellee, Robert Lee Thompson, vigorously resisted the effort to reopen the stet and filed a "Motion to Enforce a Plea Agreement.” The matter was heard before Judge Joseph I. Pines, and he granted the appellee’s motion. The State appealed.

The single issue posited by the State is "[w]hether the trial court erred in dismissing the criminal informations against…