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Evidently we have a reading comprehension issue here.

I do not think the judge did the right thing. As I've already said, I think a contempt charge against the prosecutor would have been the way to go.

Having said that, I want to point out that the prosecutor is also at fault and that he should have known that this kind of thing can happen.

Further, the dismissal can be (speciously, in my opinion) justified on the grounds that the misconduct of the prosecutor impinges on the constitutional right of the defendant to a speedy trial.

And the prosecutor, if he's at all competent, should have had at least a clue that by not showing up he really messing up what happens at court that day -- even if the judge is sane, which it sounds like this one ain't. Not only his case,but probably others will have to be rescheduled, and that means witnesses will have messed up their days to get to court, only to hang around and finally be told that they will have to mess up some other day (and lose wages, etc.) to show up when THEIR case finally comes to trial.

Yeah, the judge is a jerk. So is the prosecutor. And in the meantime, the defendant gets the presumption of innocence.
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