STATE v. WARD

STATE v. WARD

2022 OK CR 16

516 P.3d 261

Case Number: S-2021-376

Decided: 08/18/2022

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellant v. DALTON WAYNE WARD, Appellee

Cite as: 2022 OK CR 16, 516 P.3d 261

OPINION

LEWIS, JUDGE:

¶1 The State of Oklahoma, Appellant, appeals from an order sustaining Appellee's motion to dismiss a charge of assault and battery on a police officer filed in the District Court of Mayes County, Case No. CF-2019-295. The trial court held an evidentiary hearing on Appellee's motion to dismiss, and, relying on McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), and Hogner v. State, 2021 OK CR 4500 P.3d…