State v. Ballone

HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

The State appeals an order granting Fred Ballone’s motion to dismiss an information. We reverse.

A trial judge issued a warrant for appel-lee’s arrest for the commission of a felony after determining at a nonadversary hearing that probable cause existed for his arrest. He based his determination on allegations contained within an affidavit submitted by a county sheriff’s department detective. The State arrested appellee pursuant to the warrant and filed an information.

Prior to his arraignment and while free on bond, appellee filed a motion to dismiss the information…