Legal Question in Criminal Law in District of Columbia

threats

i called the police for my neighbor threating me outside he turned the story around and i got locked up now i have an court appionted lawyer she tried to make me pleade guilty but i told her no because i did not threating him at all so now she is tring to make me go to medeation she said that she is throwing the threats out and sending me to medeation i would like to know can she drop a threat case and send me to medeation for suposinly playing loud music if the whole case was about threats


Asked on 4/24/09, 10:43 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: threats

No, your court-appointed attorney cannot force you to go to mediation nor to accept any other disposition of the matter which you refuse, nor is such an attorney in any position to be "throwing out the threats"(charge).

If you've been formally charged with a crime by the prosecuting authorities, you have a right to have

your case go to trial and the prosecutors prove the charge(s) against you beyond reasonable doubt.

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Answered on 4/25/09, 3:19 pm


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