State v. Pearson

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

A sentencing circle, addressing the proper sanction for an offender pursuant to a plea agreement, recommended that *846the district court stay adjudication of a felony theft count for wrongfully obtaining public assistance. The district court stayed adjudication, and the court of appeals reversed, holding that the reasons cited by the district court did not constitute special circumstances warranting a stay of adjudication. We hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion in ordering a stay of adjudication when the state agreed to send this matter to the…