State v. Simmelink

*119MEMORANDUM OPINION

The trial court dismissed two separate criminal charges against defendant because, during pretrial plea negotiations between the prosecutor and defendant’s counsel, the prosecutor had offered to move for dismissal of one of the criminal charges if defendant would plead guilty to the other criminal charge and, also, would release from any claim of civil liability several parties to a pending civil action by this defendant against the arresting officers and others. This defendant had rejected the offer. The trial court did not make any finding that this defendant’s defense was…