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Can they press charges?
The District AttorneyÕs office can press charges against a person if they have enough evidence of a crime. A person can press charges against a person if they have been violated in a legal sense.
What do you do when someone starts a fight and wants to press charges?
they cant press charges because threy started the fight but there fighting they cant do anything
What charges can you press for an anonymous person calling your mobile phone and making creepy sexual references?
you can press sexual haressment charges on them
Can you be arrested for forging a name on a check even if that person does not press charges?
You can be arrested, but it would be a difficult case to prosecute if the vicitim does not want to press charges.
You and a friend share a checking account. You wrote a check but the account was closed. Can the other person press charges?
As long as you were authorized to write checks, no, the other person has no case to press charges against you.
Can the state or district attorney pick up charges if the person refuses to press them?
Criminal charges are not pressed by an individual, they are always pursued by the state. Only the state or district attorney can press charges.
If a person did not press charges the day of the arrest can they press charges after the fact?
In many cases you can choose to file charges at a later date, assuming a report was in fact filed and the case hasn't been closed.
If a person told the police officers not to press charges but then chooses to press them after the fact can they?
That would be decided by the prosecuting attorney.
Does someone have to press charges for simple assault in WY?
Yes - they are not automatically instated unless the assaulted person initiates the charges.
How can someone press charges on another for property damage?
An individual cannot press charges. Only the state makes that determination. If you would like the state to consider criminal charges against a person, contact the police and report the incident.
Does a law enforcement officer have the right to press charges against a person involved in a domestic with a spouse when the spouse does not feel the need to press charges?
yesIn most states if an officer is dispatched to a domestic call and there is evidence that an assault took place then they are required to make an arrest. The police do not press charges and neither does the spouse. The prosecutor presses charges.
Can someone press charges on a person 3 years after the crime?
It will depend on the crime that has been committed if a person can press charges 3 years after the crime. If is a different crime, it will depend on the statute of limitations. However, a person cannnot be charged for a crime twice. That's considered double jeopardy.
