State v. Merolle

OPINION

JOHNSEN, Judge.

¶ 1 The superior court granted an untimely motion by Raymond Merolle, Jr., to dismiss an indictment with prejudice based on prose-cutorial misconduct during the grand jury proceedings. Under the case authorities, we must reverse because the superior court lacked the power to grant the untimely motion.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶ 2 A grand jury indicted Merolle on charges of theft, altering a serial or identification number of a motor vehicle or major component part, and attempted fraudulent schemes and artifices. Because the prosecutor had failed to present…