In re Morin

111. This case raises the question of whether a court that grants post-conviction relief (PCR) is authorized to remand the case to the criminal court and to reinstate charges that were dismissed as part of a plea agreement. Petitioner argues that the State, not the court, must be the one to reinitiate criminal prosecutions. We conclude that certain authority is contained within the court’s power to vacate judgments and that any exercise of power beyond this authorization here was harmless. Therefore, we affirm.

¶ 2. On August 1, 2008, the State charged petitioner Eric Morin with domestic…