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Yes you do. If you press charges, you have to go to court with that person. Therefore that person becomes the defendant and you are the plaintiff.
Added: INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS CANNOT 'PRESS CHARGES'AGAINST ANYONE! The most you can do is file a complaintagainst someone with either the police or the prosecutor's office. In the case of the police, they may conduct an investigation into a ccomplaint of a criminal nature - in the case of the prosecutor's office they may issue a summons to that person to come in for a hearing into your allegation against them. IF the police investigation or the prosecutors hearing sustains your complaint of criminal activity, the prosecutor's office will FILE CHARGES against them in court. You WILL be required to appear to give testimony as the complainant (i.e.: complaining witness).
What else can I help you with?
How do we press kidnapping charges against someone out of the country?
You may be able to get charges pressed against them as you normally would. A warrant can then be issued and the person either extradited or charged and tried in absentia.
A person who must appear in court to answer the charges against them is?
"charges against them" indicates that the answer is the "defendant".
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.
Can a person still press charges if some one all ready pressed charges on them?
Question isn't entirely clear. If party "A" brings charges against party "B" - party "B" can bring charges against party "A" if they can convince the police or the prosecutor that an offense actually took place and they are not just doing it as retaliation.
Does criminal law provide for charges to be brought by the government against a person?
does criminal law provide for charges to be brought by thegovernment against a person
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.
What can I when a person forged my name on my checks?
File charges with the police department or the D.A. Then let your bank know and see if they will not hold you accountble for the checks sence you pressed charges.
If a person commits perjury during a family court hearing who brings the charges against that person to court?
When a person commits perjury in any court, including family court, the DA will being charges. In some cases, the judge will bring the charges against the person and sentence the person to jail.
Can i eat a person with no pressed charges?
According to Cornell Law School's Website: Cannibalism is the nonconsensual consumption of another human's body matter. In the United States, there are no laws against cannibalism per se, but the act of cannibalism would probably violate laws against murder and against desecration of corpses.
If your brother was pulled over can you be given a ticket even though you were not pulled over?
Yes. There are several charges that can be made against any person in the car, and in some cases against the owner of the car even when they are not present.
Would a girl get suspened if she punched a guy?
Yes, a girl would get suspended if she punched a guy. Punching anyone is considered assault. Depending on the physical harm done to the person, the attacker could be expelled and have criminal charges pressed against them.
If the defendant in a civil suit does not respond to the charges what happens?
The plaintiff will win a by default and a judgment will be entered against the defendant. There are not laws that require a person to file an answer or to be present at the civil suit hearing.
