PER CURIAM.
Curtis Britton, a first-time offender, was charged with third degree theft for taking a packet of cigarettes from Thrifty Foods. Britton paid Thrifty $150, and Thrifty requested that the district court dismiss the charge under the misdemeanors compromise statute, RCW 10.22. The State objected, arguing that the court had no statutory authority to dismiss a gross misdemeanor. The trial court disagreed and dismissed the charge. On RALJ appeal, the court interpreted...
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