Pisces22
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RBBM according to reports from Media, the Judge dismissed the charge of B&E because the Pros agreed with the Def that WH didnt have intent to commit a crime, that he broke in because he thought his daughter was possibly in the home.
The only reason he was still charged was because after it was dismissed by the Judge, the Pros did direct indictment
which means in VA the Pros can do that even if the Judge dismissed. JMHO they have to have the B&E for the Obstruction stuff because was tied to the B&E and JMHO the search warrant too. They had had WH under survaillence per new docs March 11 thru March 20. March 20 is when as per link upthread, the witnesses came clean...
JMHO, if CF Mother dropped charges maybe that has something to do with State of VA dropping their charges? :thinking: Just thinking out loud. I guess depends when the Mother dropped the charges would help answer that question possibly.
ETA: per court docket charges Nolle Prosequi 8 days ago. http://ewsocis1.courts.state.va.us/CJISWeb/Search.do
The way I understand it is that if the victim of a crime does not wish to pursue charges and the prosecution is open to considering that option then they may have just presented it to a judge under the legal process that was most advantageous to minimize impact to any other cases against that offender. Norfolk filed the charges, so Norfolk has to decide to drop the charges. That doesn't mean the victim was actually responsible for the charges being dropped, just that the prosecution just likely honored the request on their own terms for logistical reasons. Just working the system on the LE side I suspect.
Typically, if someone hits me and I call the police and I elect to press charges, then I can drop those charges. If the police show up and see someone hit me, then they bring up the charges. I can request they drop those charges as the victim, but they don't have to do so. This is why many people in such a situation don't show up to testify in court. No victim, likely no conviction. Happens all the time in domestic violence cases. Sadly...
Such as chess game!