State v. Ritchie ( 2020 )

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Argued and submitted September 18, 2018, reversed September 23, 2020
STATE OF OREGON,
Plaintiff-Respondent,
v.
BRIAN JAMES RITCHIE,
Defendant-Appellant.
Washington County Circuit Court
C003587CR, C011455CR;
A163940 (Control), A163941
475 P3d 903
In these consolidated cases, defendant appeals judgments of conviction for
one count of third-degree rape and two counts of third-degree sexual abuse,
which the trial court entered upon his conditional pleas of guilty. He assigns
error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss all counts against him.
Specifically, defendant argues that, under State v. Dinsmore, 200 Or App 432, 116
P3d 226 (2005), aff’d, 342 Or 1, 147 P3d 1146 (2006), the court lacked authority
to revive the charges against him that had previously been dismissed pursuant
to plea negotiations. Held: Under Dinsmore, the trial court had no authority to
revive the previously dismissed charges. Therefore, the court erred in denying
defendant’s motion to dismiss.
Reversed.
Suzanne Upton, Judge.
Anne Fujita Munsey, Deputy Public Defender, argued
the cause for appellant. Also on the briefs was Ernest G.
Lannet, Chief Defender, Criminal Appellate Section, Office
of Public Defense Services.
Timothy A. Sylwester, Assistant Attorney General, argued
the cause for respondent. Also on the brief were Ellen F.
Rosenblum, Attorney General, and Benjamin Gutman,
Solicitor General.
Before DeHoog, Presiding Judge, and James, Judge, and
Aoyagi, Judge.
DeHOOG, P. J.
Reversed.
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DeHOOG, P. J.
In these consolidated cases, defendant appeals
judgments of conviction for third-degree rape (Case No.
C003587CR) and two counts of third-degree sexual abuse
(Case No. C011455CR), which the trial court entered upon
defendant’s conditional pleas of guilty to those offenses.
Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his
motion to dismiss all counts in both cases, arguing that,
under our decision in State v. Dinsmore, 200 Or App 432,
116 P3d 226 (2005), aff’d, 342 Or 1, 147 P3d 1146 (2006)
(Dinsmore II), the trial court lacked authority to “revive”
charges that had previously been dismissed pursuant to
plea negotiations. The state responds that, because defen-
dant effectively repudiated the underlying plea agreement
when he persuaded a court to vacate the agreement in fed-
eral habeas corpus proceedings, his case was restored to the
status quo ante. Thus, the state contends, Dinsmore II does
not control. As we explain below, we agree with defendant
that, under Dinsmore II, the trial court had no authority to
“revive” the previously dismissed charges. As a result, the
trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss.
We, therefore, reverse.
We review the denial of a motion to dismiss for
errors of law. State v. Russum, 265 Or App 103, 105, 333 P3d
1191, rev den, 356 Or 575 (2014); see also State v. Criswell,
282 Or App 146, 153, 386 P3d 58 (2016) (applying that stan-
dard to a motion to dismiss on double-jeopardy grounds).
This is the second time that this case has been
before us. Defendant made substantially the same argu-
ments in State v. Ritchie, 263 Or App 566, 567, 330 P3d 37,
rev den, 356 Or 163 (2014) (Ritchie I). The procedural facts
are summarized in that opinion:
“The relevant facts, though undisputed, are convoluted
and primarily procedural. In 2001, a grand jury indicted
defendant in Case No. C011455CR on two counts of first-
degree sexual abuse (Counts 1 and 2), two counts of first-
degree attempted rape (Counts 3 and 7), one count of
third-degree attempted rape (Count 4), two counts of third-
degree sexual abuse (Counts 5 and 6), and two counts of
first-degree attempted sexual abuse (Counts 8 and 9). In
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Case No. C003587CR, a grand jury indicted defendant on
first-degree rape (Count 1), two counts of compelling pros-
titution (Counts 2 and 5), two counts of third-degree rape
(Counts 3 and 6), and one count of third-degree sodomy
(Count 4).[1] In November 2001, defendant pleaded guilty
to one count of compelling prostitution in C003587CR,
and no contest to two counts of first-degree attempted
rape in C011455CR, pursuant to a ‘consolidated plea offer.’
The plea petitions stated that the state would dismiss all
remaining counts. In February 2002, defendant moved
to set aside his pleas in both cases and to substitute not
guilty pleas. The trial court denied defendant’s motions.
Subsequently, the trial court entered judgments of convic-
tion reflecting his guilty and no-contest pleas, and explic-
itly dismissed the remaining counts in each accusatory
instrument.
“Defendant sought post-conviction relief in state court,
but his requests were denied. Thereafter, he filed two peti-
tions for writ of habeas corpus under 28 USC section 2254in the federal district court. In October 2008, the federal
court issued a conditional writ of habeas corpus directing
the state to ‘release defendant from custody within ninety
days unless the state elects to appoint new counsel on
behalf of defendant, conduct[s] a new hearing on petition-
er’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, and either retries
defendant, or (if defendant’s renewed motion to with-
draw his guilty pleas is denied) resentences defendant.’ In
its decision, the federal court explained that defendant’s
trial counsel was ineffective under the Sixth Amendment
to the United States Constitution by failing to ensure that
defendant’s guilty plea to the charge of compelling prostitu-
tion was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. In particular,
the court concluded that, given the factual basis underly-
ing the compelling prostitution charges against defendant
(that defendant paid for sex), competent counsel would have
advised defendant that the crime of compelling prostitution
only applied to persons compelling remunerated sex with a
third party, as opposed to a patron paying for sex. The state
appealed the federal district court’s decision, and the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
1
The summary in Ritchie I listed the charges in Case No. C003587CR
incorrectly. In that case, a grand jury indicted defendant on first-degree rape
(Count 1), two counts of first-degree sexual abuse (Counts 2 and 3), one count of
compelling prostitution (Count 4), and two counts of third-degree rape (Counts 5
and 6).
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“After the state’s unsuccessful appeal to the Ninth
Circuit, the state trial court appointed new counsel for
defendant and held a hearing in the summer of 2010 on
defendant’s motion to withdraw his pleas. The court again
denied defendant’s motion. Defendant filed a motion in
the federal district court to ‘enforce[ the] judgment,’ which
the court granted, concluding that defendant was enti-
tled to withdraw his pleas and further stating, in relevant
part:
“ ‘The state is accorded a final opportunity to cure the
constitutional errors that have occurred. This opportu-
nity, explicitly, is: petitioner’s prior pleas on all charges
are ordered withdrawn. The State may either elect to
prosecute petitioner, or must dismiss all charges.’
“On April 8, 2011, defendant moved to dismiss all
charges against him. He argued that the compelling pros-
titution counts should be dismissed because case law that
issued subsequent to his prior, now vacated, pleas barred
prosecution for the offense, citing State v. Vargas-Torres,
237 Or App 619, 242 P3d 619 (2010), in which we clarified
that the crimes of promoting prostitution and compelling
prostitution apply to third-party promoters, not patrons.
The state agreed to dismiss the compelling prostitution
counts in both cases and those counts were dismissed. As
to the remaining charges, defendant argued that those
counts were dismissed in the judgments of conviction
entered subsequent to his plea agreements, and that the
state cannot reinstate those dismissed counts without rein-
dicting him. To support his position, defendant cited our
decision in Dinsmore [II, 200 Or App 432], arguing that
that case stood for the proposition that once charges are
dismissed pursuant to a plea agreement, the state cannot
revive those charges without reindicting the defendant
when the defendant has subsequently prevailed in secur-
ing post-judgment relief.
“The court denied defendant’s motion, concluding that,
given that defendant’s plea agreements were ‘vacated’ by
the federal court, the state could prosecute defendant on
the charges that were dismissed pursuant to those plea
agreements. That is, the cases reverted back to the pre-
plea agreement posture.
“After the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss, he
agreed to enter a conditional plea of guilty to third-degree
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rape in Case No. C003587CR, and two counts of third-
degree sexual abuse in Case No. C011455CR. In the plea
agreement in Case No. C003587CR, done in open court on
April 26, 2011, the parties agreed that ‘the DA will dis-
miss Counts 1 through 3 (Count 6 already dismissed); con-
ditional plea; plea may be withdrawn if I prevail on appeal.’
Similarly, in the plea agreement in Case No. C011455CR,
also entered in open court, the parties agreed that ‘the DA
will dismiss Counts 1 through 4 (Counts 7-9 already dis-
missed); conditional plea; I may withdraw plea if I prevail
on appeal.’ The court pronounced defendant’s sentence that
day: defendant was released with credit for time served and
placed on bench probation for three years with ‘sex offender
conditions.’ ”
Id. at 567-70 (internal brackets and footnote omitted).
In Ritchie I, defendant appealed amended judg-
ments rather than the judgments entered in May 2011. Id. at
571. We ultimately concluded that his failure to appeal the
May 2011 judgments precluded us from reaching the merits
of defendant’s appeal and affirmed. Id. at 567. Defendant
then pursued post-conviction relief, in which he claimed
that his trial counsel had failed to provide adequate assis-
tance at the time of his conditional plea by not ensuring that
the denial of his motion to dismiss would be properly pre-
served for appeal. The post-conviction court agreed, enter-
ing a judgment granting him a “delayed appeal.” Thereafter,
defendant filed this delayed appeal.
In this appeal, defendant again relies on our opin-
ion in Dinsmore II to argue that the trial court erred in
denying his motion to dismiss. Specifically, defendant con-
tends that, short of reindictment by the grand jury, a trial
court lacks statutory or other authority to allow the state to
pursue previously dismissed charges. The state challenges
defendant’s reliance on Dinsmore II, arguing that defendant
“overlooks the fact that this case is in a fundamentally dif-
ferent posture from Dinsmore,” because that case involved a
conditional plea—and the corresponding statutory right to
withdraw the plea upon a successful appeal—whereas here,
defendant obtained an order setting aside his judgments of
conviction. In light of the parties’ focus on Dinsmore II, we
begin with a review of that opinion.
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In Dinsmore II, the defendant was indicted on
charges arising out of an automobile accident, including
second-degree manslaughter. 200 Or App at 434. Before the
case went to trial, the state and the defendant entered into a
plea agreement. Id. The defendant entered a conditional plea
of “no contest” to the lesser-included offense of criminally
negligent homicide, reserving, under ORS 135.335(3),2 her
right to appeal the denial of her pretrial motions to exclude
evidence. Id. The plea agreement expressly provided that
the state would “dismiss the remaining counts in the indict-
ment.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). Therefore,
upon the defendant’s plea of no contest to criminally neg-
ligent homicide, the trial court dismissed the “remaining”
counts, other than the underlying manslaughter charge. Id.The defendant appealed her conviction, and, for rea-
sons not relevant here, we reversed and remanded, stating
that the defendant could choose whether to withdraw her
plea and go to trial or, instead, to stand by her plea. Id. at
435. On remand, the defendant opted to withdraw her plea.
Id. In response, the state moved to reinstate the previously
dismissed charges as alleged in the original indictment. Id.The trial court granted the state’s motion, vacating its pre-
vious order dismissing those counts and stating that each
count of the indictment was “reinstated for prosecution.” Id.The defendant pleaded not guilty to all charges and pro-
ceeded to trial, where the jury found her guilty on all counts.
Id.On appeal of the resulting convictions, the defen-
dant argued that the trial court had erred in reinstating the
previously dismissed charges. Id. The state responded that,
when the defendant withdrew her no-contest plea, she had
repudiated the entire plea agreement, thereby freeing the
state to try her on all of the original counts. Id. We rejected
that argument. Id. We explained that, even assuming
that the state was correct to characterize the defendant’s
2
ORS 135.335(3) provides:
“With the consent of the court and the state, a defendant may enter a con-
ditional plea of guilty or no contest reserving, in writing, the right, on appeal
from the judgment, to a review of an adverse determination of any specified
pretrial motion. A defendant who finally prevails on appeal may withdraw
the plea.”
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successful appeal as a repudiation of the plea agreement,
that did not end the inquiry. Id. The question remained
whether the trial court had authority to “reinstate” charges
it had previously ordered dismissed. Id. at 435-36. We con-
cluded that it did not have that authority. Id. at 437.
“The court’s dismissal of those counts constituted a final
disposition of them; at the time of their dismissal, those
charges were no longer pending in the trial court, and we
are unaware of any statutory authority that authorized
the trial court to revive them in light of the provisions of
ORS 135.753.[3] Our reasoning is bolstered by Article VII
(Amended), section 5, of the Oregon Constitution. Under
that constitutional provision, only the grand jury can
return an indictment, and, once issued, the substance of
an indictment may not be amended by a court. Rather, an
indictment must be resubmitted to the grand jury if it is to
be amended substantively. State v. Russell, 231 Or 317, 322-
23, 372 P2d 770 (1962). By reviving the dismissed charges
after a final disposition of them had been made, the trial
court effectively permitted the state to re-indict defendant
without grand jury authorization, similar to what would
occur if a trial court undertook to order a substantive
amendment to an existing indictment without resubmis-
sion to the grand jury. Consequently, we are required to
reverse defendant’s convictions * * *.”
Id.The Supreme Court subsequently upheld our deci-
sion, but on alternate grounds. State v. Dinsmore, 342 Or 1,
6, 147 P3d 1146 (2006) (Dinsmore III). The court explained
that it need not address whether the trial court had inherent
3
ORS 135.753, which we relied on in Dinsmore II, provides for the effect of a
dismissal:
“(1) If the court directs the charge or action to be dismissed, the defen-
dant, if in custody, shall be discharged. If the defendant has been released,
the release agreement is exonerated and security deposited shall be refunded
to the defendant.
“(2) An order for the dismissal of a charge or action, as provided in ORS
135.703 to 135.709 and 135.745 to 135.757, is a bar to another prosecution for
the same crime if the crime is a Class B or C misdemeanor; but is not a bar if
the crime charged is a Class A misdemeanor or a felony.
“(3) If any charge or action is dismissed for the purpose of consolidation
with one or more other charges or actions, then any such dismissal shall not
be a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.”
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authority to proceed on the original indictment. Id. Instead,
the court focused on the parties’ plea agreement, explaining:
“In this case, it is undisputed that the plea agreement
that the parties fashioned involved more than just a condi-
tional plea entered pursuant to ORS 135.335(3). Both par-
ties made major concessions to each other in reliance on
their mutual promises. Under the terms of their agreement,
the state agreed to dismiss all charges against defendant
save one, in exchange for defendant’s ‘conditional plea of
“No Contest” pursuant to ORS 135.335(3) to the charge of
Criminally Negligent Homicide.’ As the prosecutor’s trial
affidavit made clear, defendant’s right to withdraw her con-
ditional plea if her appeal was successful was an integral
and accepted part of that agreement. Defendant, in turn,
waived a number of fundamental constitutional protections
to plead to the remaining charge against her, knowing full
well that, if her subsequent appeal was unsuccessful, she
would be bound by her no contest plea.
“Ultimately, defendant entered her conditional plea of
no contest to the agreed-upon charge of criminally neg-
ligent homicide, and the state, as agreed, dismissed the
other charges. Defendant, however, prevailed on appeal,
and subsequently withdrew her plea, actions that were in
keeping with the specific terms of the parties’ agreement.
As a result, the state’s first argument that defendant’s plea
withdrawal constituted a repudiation of her plea agreement
is unavailing. Indeed, withdrawal of the conditional plea
as permitted by ORS 135.335(3) was one of the incentives
that the state offered to defendant in exchange for her no
contest plea. The state’s second argument—that reinstate-
ment of all the charges against defendant simply restores
the status quo ante following defendant’s repudiation of the
agreement—is similarly unavailing. The status quo ante
of the parties’ relationship in this case was defined by the
terms of the parties’ agreement, and defendant fully has
performed her end of that bargain. She did not breach the
agreement, she remains fully within its ambit, and she is
now entitled to enforce its terms. The trial court erred in
ratifying the state’s contrary position.”
Id. at 8-9. In other words, the Supreme Court rejected our
assumption that the defendant had repudiated the entire
plea agreement, and it did not reach the basis of our deci-
sion, namely, the trial court’s authority—or lack thereof—to
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reinstate dismissed charges. And, under the terms of the
plea agreement itself, the defendant had performed her
part of the bargain and had not repudiated the agreement;
accordingly, she was entitled to enforce its terms. Id. For that
reason, the trial court had erred in reinstating the charges
that it had dismissed pursuant to the agreement. Id.
As noted, here defendant relies on our decision in
Dinsmore II rather than the Supreme Court opinion affirm-
ing that decision. The state, therefore, seeks to distinguish
Dinsmore II on its facts. The state points out that the defen-
dant in Dinsmore negotiated a conditional plea and then, fol-
lowing appeal, took advantage of the statutory right to with-
draw her plea in accordance with the parties’ agreement.
See Dinsmore II, 200 Or App at 434-35. Here, on the other
hand, defendant successfully challenged his plea agreement
in habeas corpus proceedings, in which he “asserted that his
pleas were not constitutionally valid because his trial coun-
sel had misadvised him about whether he could be convicted
of the two counts of compelling prostitution to which he had
pleaded guilty.”
In seeking to distinguish Dinsmore II, the state
emphasizes that, to prevail in the habeas corpus action,
defendant was required to prove that (1) his attorney had
misadvised him prior to his entry of his guilty pleas, and
(2) if he had been properly advised, he would have rejected
the plea offer and chosen to go to trial. Hill v. Lockhart,
474 US 52, 58-59, 106 S Ct 366, 88 L Ed 2d 203 (1985).
Therefore, the state reasons, the effect of the federal court’s
order vacating defendant’s pleas was to return his case to
the status quo ante, before defendant entered his no-contest
pleas and before the remaining charges had been dismissed.
In the state’s view, that places defendant’s case under the
purview of two statutes: ORS 135.365, which provides that
a trial court “may at any time before judgment, upon a plea
of guilty or no contest, permit it to be withdrawn and a plea
of not guilty substituted therefore,” and ORS 135.370, which
states that a “plea of not guilty controverts and is a denial
of every material allegation in the accusatory instrument.”
The difficulty that we have with the state’s argu-
ment is that it effectively reprises an argument that we
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rejected in Dinsmore II. And, although the Supreme Court
affirmed our decision on different grounds, it left the reason-
ing of our decision intact. See Dinsmore III, 342 Or at 6 (“The
specifics of [the state’s] argument focus on what the state
perceives to be the trial court’s inherent authority to now
proceed on defendant’s original indictment and the Court
of Appeals’ impropriety in examining that authority on its
own motion. There is, however, a more fundamental issue
at play here, the resolution of which makes it unnecessary
to address those particular arguments.”). Given the absence
of any indication from the Supreme Court that our analysis
of the trial court’s ability to revive previously dismissed
charges was erroneous, Dinsmore II appears to remain good
law. See Growing Green Panda v. Dept. of Human Services,
302 Or App 325, 337, 461 P3d 1026, rev den, 366 Or 552(2020) (relying on our opinion in State v. McColly, 286 Or
App 168, 399 P3d 1045 (2017), rev’d on other grounds, 364 Or
464, 435 P3d 715 (2019)); Hammond v. Hammond, 296 Or
App 321, 333-34, 438 P3d 408 (2019) (relying on our opinion
in Goodwin v. Kingsman Plastering, Inc., 267 Or App 506,
340 P3d 169 (2014), aff’d on other grounds, 359 Or 694, 375
P3d 463 (2016)); State v. McMullen, 250 Or App 208, 212-13,
279 P3d 367 (2012), rev den, 355 Or 380 (2014) (relying on
our opinion in State v. Machuca, 231 Or App 232, 218 P3d
145 (2009), rev’d on other grounds, 347 Or 644, 227 P3d 729
(2010)). Therefore, the question is ultimately whether the
principle articulated in Dinsmore II controls here; for the
reasons that follow, we conclude that it does.
As we explained in Dinsmore II, there is no evident
authority for a trial court to reinstate an indictment’s alle-
gations once they have been dismissed; the way for the state
to proceed on dismissed charges is by resubmitting them to
the grand jury. 200 Or App at 437. Nothing in the state’s
argument provides the authority that we found lacking in
Dinsmore II. We acknowledge a certain logical appeal in
the state’s argument that the federal court’s order vacating
defendant’s pleas effectively “returned [his case] to a point
before he had entered his pleas,” a point at which the trial
court had not yet dismissed the balance of his charges. As
the state observes (citing ORS 135.365 and ORS 135.370
for support), had defendant been permitted to withdraw his
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pleas as he requested in 2002, he would have proceeded to
trial and no charges would have been dismissed. From that
rational premise, the state concludes that the federal court’s
order “necessarily resulted in the April 2002 judgments
being set aside, including the dismissals contained therein.”
(Emphasis added.) We, however, do not agree.
Whatever logical appeal the state’s argument may
have, it does not reflect what in fact occurred in this case,
nor does it adequately distinguish Dinsmore II. The federal
court directed the trial court to withdraw defendant’s prior
pleas on all charges and instructed the state to “either elect
to prosecute petitioner, or [to] dismiss all charges.” Ritchie,
263 Or App at 569. Notably, nothing in the record or in the
order vacating defendant’s pleas implies an intent to vacate
aspects of the trial court’s judgment that the federal court did
not mention—including the dismissals at issue here. Cf., 2A
Federal Procedure, Lawyers Edition § 3:871 (2020) (“Vacating
an order or opinion of the court is a judicial act by an appel-
late court which constitutes a substantive disposition which
can be taken only if the appellate court determines that such
action is warranted on the merits. The vacation of the judg-
ment or order below deprives it of any effect, including prec-
edential effect.”). Rather, in regard to actions that the trial
court was required to undertake, the record reflects only
that the federal court intended for “petitioner’s prior pleas
on all charges [to be] ordered withdrawn”; nothing reflects
an intent to have the trial court take any action in regard to
the dismissed counts. Ritchie, 263 Or App at 569. Thus, if the
trial court had authority to reinstate the dismissed charges,
it was not by virtue of the federal court’s order.
Moreover, the state’s argument that this case is
distinguishable from Dinsmore II because, here, “defendant
successfully repudiated the parties’ contract,” is similarly
unavailing. As noted, the state made essentially the same
argument in Dinsmore II, arguing that “when defendant
withdrew her plea * * * she repudiated the entire plea agree-
ment.” Dinsmore II, 200 Or App at 435. Although, as the
state correctly observes, the defendant in Dinsmore II had
entered a conditional plea under ORS 135.335(3), which
entitled her to withdraw her plea following a successful
appeal, the state has not persuaded us that that distinction
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makes a difference. See id. at 434. In both cases, the defen-
dants were permitted to withdraw previously entered pleas.
See id. at 435. And, in both cases, the state argued that
the defendants had repudiated their plea agreements. See
id. Thus, the only arguable distinction between Dinsmore II
and this case is the manner in which the underlying plea
was repudiated.
In Dinsmore II, however, the specific manner
in which the plea was repudiated played no part in our
analysis. What drove our decision in that case was that,
notwithstanding the defendant’s arguable repudiation of
her plea agreement, no statute authorized the trial court
to revive the previously dismissed charges, and the state
had not identified any other basis for concluding that the
trial court had that authority. Id. at 437. As we explained,
“in light of the provisions of ORS 135.753” and “Article VII
(Amended), section 5, of the Oregon Constitution * * * only
the grand jury can return an indictment, and, once issued,
the substance of an indictment may not be amended by a
court. Rather, an indictment must be resubmitted to the
grand jury if it is to be amended substantively.” Id. (citing
State v. Russell, 231 Or 317, 322-23, 372 P2d 770 (1962)).
In other words, we concluded that, even if the defendant
had repudiated her plea agreement, the trial court had no
authority to revive previously dismissed charges that had
not been resubmitted to the grand jury. Dinsmore II, 200
Or App at 437. That, we explained, was because the trial
court’s dismissal of those counts constituted a final disposi-
tion of them. Id.As in Dinsmore II, then, the issue remains whether
anything authorized the trial court to revive charges that
it had previously dismissed. And, as in that case, the state
in this case has not identified any source of such authority.4
Accordingly, the trial court erred in denying defendant’s
motion to dismiss all counts against him.
Reversed.
4
We express no opinion as to whether a plea agreement could specifically
provide for the reinstatement of dismissed charges, thereby obviating the need
for resubmission to the grand jury following a successful appeal or similar result.
We note only that the parties’ plea agreement in this case did not contain such a
provision.