¶ 1 When Ronald Chichester appeared for his confirmed trial date, the State was not ready to try the case. The court denied the State's motion for a continuance and dismissed the case. Dismissal of a criminal prosecution is a remedy of last resort. But where the trial court acts within its discretion to deny a continuance and the State fails to propose an alternative to dismissal, the court's ruling rests...
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