Case Name: STATE OF OREGON, Appellant, v. RICHARD LEONARD CURL, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1983-10-19
Citations: 65 Or. App. 227
Docket Number: 3829 M; CA A28638
Parties: STATE OF OREGON, Appellant, v. RICHARD LEONARD CURL, Respondent.
Judges: Before Gillette, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Young, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 65
Pages: 227–228

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted October 10,
reversed and remanded for trial October 19, 1983
STATE OF OREGON, Appellant, v. RICHARD LEONARD CURL, Respondent.
(3829 M; CA A28638)
670 P2d 1058
Thomas H. Denney, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and James E. Mountain, Jr., Solicitor General, Salem.
No appearance for respondent.
Before Gillette, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Young, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
The trial court's conclusions in this driving under the influence of intoxicants case that (1) a prosecutor's mistake was "gross" negligence and (2) that mistake, which led to a mistrial, required dismissal of this case on prior jeopardy grounds are in error. The district attorney's error was simple negligence, at most. Even if it were gross negligence, however, that would not create a prior jeopardy problem. See State v. Kennedy, 295 Or 260, 616 P2d 1316 (1983).
Reversed and remanded for trial.