Other Criminal Procedure What if the person who pressed charges does not show up to court?

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If someone charged a person for assault, but they now want to drop the charges, or they don't attend court as well as the one being chraged, what happens? Does the victim get fined, or can they go to jail? What is the easiest thing to do after pressing charges and one wants to drop them.
 
If someone charged a person for assault, but they now want to drop the charges, or they don't attend court as well as the one being chraged, what happens? Does the victim get fined, or can they go to jail? What is the easiest thing to do after pressing charges and one wants to drop them.
 
If someone charged a person for assault, but they now want to drop the charges, or they don't attend court as well as the one being chraged, what happens? Does the victim get fined, or can they go to jail? What is the easiest thing to do after pressing charges and one wants to drop them.


You can't press charges.
You can file a complaint with he police.
The police investigate.
The prosecutor reviews the police report.
The prosecutor decides to pursue the matter, eventually having the suspect arrested.
The prosecutor presses the charges.
The victim, or the complaining witness gets summoned to court, sworn in under oath, and must tell the truth.
If the victim/complaining witness gets cold feet, decides they enjoy being abused, and wants to drop the entire matter so they can continue receiving those enjoyable, delightful beatings, well; he or she can simply refuse to cooperate, pretend to forget things, and that will enrage the prosecutor.
The accused abuser might get off, but the prosecutor could decide to pursue charge sagainst the "victoim", such as "filing a false police report", maybe "perjury", if other evidence contradicts the "victim's" failing memory.

The prosecutor knows that little "game" when someone starts to play it.
Good luck!!!!!
 
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