State v. Bowring

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This consolidated appeal is taken by the State in two criminal 1 and four civil cases 2 dismissed as a group by the District Court (Skowhegan) because neither the District Attorney nor a representative of the summonsing police department of Norridge-wock was present at the criminal defendants’ arraignments or the civil defendants’ first appearances. The Superior Court affirmed the dismissals. Before us, the State argues that the District Court lacks the power to dismiss a case in such circumstances and, even assuming that power, that the dismissals in these cases were…