State v. Jones

Kevin L. Jones entered into a nonp-rosecution agreement with the district attorney in exchange for information about a police investigation into a double homicide. The district attorney subsequently determined that Jones had breached the agreement by misidentifying the individual who ordered the murders and filed charges against him. Jones then moved to enforce the agreement and the trial court found that (1) the nonprosecution agreement was invalid because the district attorney lacks the power to enter into such agreements, and (2) even if the nonprosecution agreement was valid, Jones…