Ok I live in Richmond Va, and I have court on November 30th. I am the victim. I would like to know if anyone knows a way to drop charges quickly? The charges against the suspect are simple assault and attempted abduction. I am now just a witness for the state who is actually pressing the charges, I just have to show up and admit to what happened that night. However this person doesnt deserve this charge and I want to drop it. This situation has gotten way out of control and shouldn't have gone this far. Can I call the prosecutor to drop them? If I don't show up to court can I drop them that way ? Please help !!!
2007-11-20 06:38:39 · 9 answers · asked by vindictivangel 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
too late, and i suggest u show up for court, cause that would be a bad idea not to. and definitly dont lie in court cause you'd be in more trouble than the suspect is. just go there and answer truthfully, thats the only thing u can do now.
2007-11-20 06:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by itsme21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your stuck between a rock and a hard place. Once the State takes over the case, it is probably too late for you to do anything. A lot of it depends on the laws in your state. You can answer the questions truthfully, but with the indication, that you do not think the defendant was deserving of the charges.
I don't know that for sure, but you are the victim, so you should be able to drop the charges once you get to court. Unless the person who is being charged is a Domestic abuser who has since talked you out of pressing charges, or has some how wormed his way back in to your heart. (Some States will cont. to press charges in domestic abuse cases regardless of the victims desire to drop the charges.) Unfortunately, that is what they (abusers) do, but the abuse gets worse every time. So be absolutely sure that you want the charges dropped before you go through with trying. That is what the abuser, who is usally a controller as well, wants you to do. He wants to keep his own a s s out of trouble so that you will have no evidence against him, when the violence escalates, which it usually does.
I don't know the details of your individual situation, so I could be way off base, but just wanted to lay the info out to you anyway. :-)
2007-11-20 07:06:27 · answer #2 · answered by CSmom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot have the charges dropped,only the state can do that now. You have to show up to court and tell the truth. Lying will only get you in trouble and not showing up at all will result in a bench warrant for your arrest.
A simple assault charge means that this person put their hands on you when they didn't have a right to,why you would want charges dropped I don't understand. Remember,they will always tell you it will never happen again and cry and tell you how sorry they are. It will happen again and will continue to get worse. I lived it for 5 years.
2007-11-20 09:01:55 · answer #3 · answered by Jan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to show up for court or you will get a contempt charge and can be arrested yourself. I know a friend who got into a situation like this and ended up getting probation even though the alleged victim moved out of state and refused to testify. Tell the truth about what happened and don't try too much to make it sound better or worse than it was. If the defense attourney does a good job or cross examining you then that will probably make things better for the defendant as long as you just tell the truth.
2007-11-20 06:57:10 · answer #4 · answered by jennysmith0214 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about Virginia, but I know of a situation in Maryland where neither the accused, or the alleged victim showed up, and things were basically dropped. The accused still has a record of being "charged" but nothing became of it... and since he's a minor, it'll be sealed when he's older.
But it sounds to me, if you feel that things got blown out of proportion, you should show up and explain the circumstances- including that you think there were extenuating circumstances, or that any injury was minimal. Hopefully, a wise court will take that into account.
2007-11-20 07:01:04 · answer #5 · answered by just me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's nothing you can do, except show up as ordered and answer the questions you're asked truthfully.
Once you file a police complaint, the case is out of your hands. The State prosecutes, or doesn't, as they see fit.
Richard
2007-11-20 06:43:10 · answer #6 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Assualt and attempted abduction? How does something like that get out of hand? Sounds to me like you have no choice but to show up.. You might want to try making a phone call and see what they say, it can't hurt...
2007-11-20 06:46:49 · answer #7 · answered by boohoo1964 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 03:22:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is way too late sorry
2007-11-20 06:44:24 · answer #9 · answered by marine_madison 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋