State v. Aloysius

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

John Aloysius was indicted on several counts of third-degree assault. The superior court dismissed the indictment because of irregularities in the presentation of telephonic testimony to the grand jury and because the prosecutor excused the wrong two alternate grand jurors when reducing the grand jury panel to eighteen. The State concedes that these irregularities occurred, but the State argues that these errors (whether considered separately or in combination) were not a legally sufficient reason for dismissing the indictment. We agree, and we therefore reinstate the…