A legal system where the state brings charges against you and two adverse parties negotiate or argue the case before an impartial judge.
“Can't the judge just dismiss my case? I hear this question so many times, and often I hear it when either the complaining witness is not available, or if there's evidence missing, or if it seems like a really dumb case, client will often ask me, Well, can the judges dismiss this candidate Justesen my spouse doesn't want to press charges against me, cancer judge sees that the DA isn't getting back to my train time. And I'm not getting anywhere with this case, cancer judge just dismiss it? The answer is generally not. The way that our system is set up is we have an adversarial system, which means that the state is the one that's bringing charges against you.”
“But what it would do is it would undermine the adversarial system that we have built here in America where it has to be two parties negotiating or being adverse parties to work through this case, and the judge has to be the impartial person who takes no place in that negotiation. So generally speaking, no, a judge cannot just dismiss your case.”
Alexis explains: "But what it would do is it would undermine the adversarial system that we have built here in America where it has to be two parties negotiating or being adverse parties to work through this case, and the judge has to be the impartial person who takes no place in that negotiation. So generally speaking, no, a judge cannot just dismiss your case."
Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip ↗Alexis explains: "Can't the judge just dismiss my case? I hear this question so many times, and often I hear it when either the complaining witness is not available, or if there's evidence missing, or if it seems like a really dumb case, client will often ask me, Well, can the judges dismiss this candidate Justesen my spouse doesn't want to press charges against me, cancer judge sees that the DA isn't getting back to my train time. And I'm not getting anywhere with this case, cancer judge just dismiss it? The answer is generally not. The way that our system is set up is we have an adversarial system, which means that the state is the one that's bringing charges against you."
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Got into a DV case because of an ex I let back in the home and made my life very hard
he fought hard for me
they dismissed the whole case
their belief of my side and story and their knowledge in the legal system they were able to get my case dismissed
get my case dismissed