withdrawing a criminal assualt complaint
How would I go about having the local police department drop a assualt complaint against my biyfriend, if I, the victim do not feel it was assualt?
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Read More Answered By: William L. McLaughlin, Jr. |
Re: withdrawing a criminal assualt complaint The case will be captioned (titled) Commonwealth v. your friend. This means that the state, through the office of the District Attorney is in charge of the case. You have no right to control the prosecution since you are mearly a witness/victim. However, you are are probably the key or only witness. The District attorney can subpoena you to testify. If you do not want to testify, you had better obtain a lawyer to advise you because your options are limited and your risks are high. For example, you could be charged with making false statements to authorities (police) if your prior statements are not the same as your in court (preliminary hearing) statements. |
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