State v. Dunson

OPINION

LARKIN, Judge.

The state appeals the district court’s dismissal of criminal charges against two defendants for lack of probable cause. Because the dismissals are based on the district court’s erroneous legal conclusion that probable cause is lacking solely because the alleged victims were identified in the complaints by their initials rather than their names, we reverse and remand.

FACTS

On March 23, 2009, respondents Richard Eugene Dunson and Cary Lee Morrison appeared separately before the district court for hearings on unrelated criminal complaints. In the probable-cause statements…