State v. Hoelzel

Our decision in this and other similar cases serves the unacceptable end of inserting a prosecutorial veto into the judicial function of making a final disposition in a criminal case. See State v. Krotzer, 548 N.W.2d 252, 254 (Minn.1996) (restating historic principal that final disposition of a criminal case — in that case through a stay of adjudication — is ultimately a matter for the presiding judge, to be determined whether or not approved by the prosecutor); see also State v. Scaife, 608 N.W.2d 163, 165 (Minn.App.2000) (Crippen, J., dissenting) (“The conditional stay of criminal…