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Which prosecutors office would have jurisdiction over a Protective Order violation? Details:
The Protective Order is out of a Utah court. In the same court, where the Petitioner resides, criminal charges were filed against the Respondent for "violation of restraining order". However, the Respondent was in Arizona and allegedly placed a phone call to the Petitioner, resulting in the alleged violation. Shouldn't the prosecutor in AZ have jurisdiction in this matter? The complaint specifically states that the Respondent was physically within the jurisdiction of the UT court when the alleged "crime" occurred. That is simply false and the judge wants us to find "case law" that states that the Respondent should have been charged in an AZ court. Since Protective Orders are valid nationwide, that seems to be a plausible suggestion. Any ideas? Anything you can think of should help. Thank you.
2007-01-30
18:00:00
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snowfreeze3
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Politics & Government
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2007-01-30
18:01:57 ·
update #1