The party who reports or complains; a case may continue even if the complaining witness does not want to press charges.
“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.”
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