Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

My case states ?NOLLE PROSSED? through an online records search? This was a Domestic Battery that should have never even went to court (as there was absolutely no violence, I was not arrested, girlfriend filed request not to prosecute once we found out this was in the courts because of a misunderstanding between police and a uncaring prosecutor?). I got a lawyer who handled the case but has since gone out of business and I haven?t heard from him since I retained him (didn?t even know my case was closed until I searched online).

I researched what ?NOLLE PROSSED? means, I?m more interested in what the ramifications are, will this reflect badly on me in the future, is there anything else I should/ can do, etc?

Thanks for your help.


Asked on 7/22/09, 11:58 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Brent Rose The Orsini & Rose Law Firm

"Nolle prosse," or "nolle prosequi," I guess you know, is from the old Latin meaning, "to nullify the prosecution." It means the charges have been dropped against you by the prosecutor. It shouldn't affect you in any way, but, if you're worried about it, you can have the charges sealed, which would erase it from the clerk's records and from the computer so that no one but law enforcement and a few other agencies could see it. If you need my help with sealing it, let me know.

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Answered on 7/22/09, 12:09 pm


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