should a person have to serve jail time on a dismissed case?

Question

there was a protection order issued on 6-14-05, it was supposedly violated on 7-7-05, the case was dismissed on 7-14-05.

Answer 1

Was it pursued and was a complaint filed for a violation and did you initiate contact with the person in questioned? If a report was filed and he violated it he should have been put in jail,but if you initiated contact with him you broke the protection order and nothing would happen because the judge would dismiss it.

Answer 2

The answer is yes, but you probably won't have to go to jail. Even though the case was dismissed at the time of the violation there was a court order barring you from contact. By contacting the individual you are in contempt of the order. It does not matter that it was latter dismissed only that you violated the order. As a practical matter, unless the judge is an ***, he or she probably won't get that excited about the contempt. I would advise you to get an atty. that works in front of the particular judge you will be facing. Good luck,

Answer 3

i'm a probation officer and if a case is dismissed that means there is no case which means u won't go to jail.. a dismissed case means null and void there isn't enough evidence to proceed to trial.. just in the future make sure to watch the terms of ur order.. don't initiate contact period end of sentence even if the person who filed the order wants to talk or hang out or whatever don't it can be a cause of serious problems

Answer 4

If the case was dismissed, the question comes as to whether it was dismissed with or without prejudice. If it was dismissed without prejudice, it can be refiled at any time or if additional evidence is provided. So, yes, you may have to do time on a charge that was previously dismissed.

Answer 5

you shouldn't have anything to worry about

Answer 6

No way.

Answer 7

no