State v. Curry

I disagree with the majority’s holding in this case that the district attorney general abused his discretion in denying pretrial diversion. The defendant has committed an extremely serious offense in this case. She has admitted to embezzling approximately $27,400.00 from her employer. Her crime was not an isolated incident but a complicated, calculated, and deliberate criminal scheme that occurred repeatedly over a course of two years until she was ultimately caught.

Pretrial diversion is a legislative largess as well as extraordinary relief. Pretrial diversion relieves criminal defendants of…