State v. Rorie

PARKER, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court, as a sanction for the district attorney’s violation of Rule 24 of the General Rules of Practice for the Superior and District Courts (“Rules of Practice”), exceeded its authority by prohibiting the State from seeking the death penalty where defendant is charged with first-degree murder. At the outset we note that an assistant district attorney signed the pleadings in this case and that this assistant along with another assistant district attorney appeared for the State at the pertinent hearing. As used in this opinion, the…