Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

can a judge tell a da to dismiss charges because of false charge and to refile the correct ones?


Asked on 4/02/10, 10:06 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
George Davis Law Office of T. George Davis, Jr.

It wouldn't work quite that way, because the judge has no authority to instruct the DA to file charges in any certain way, but it's possible that the judge might say something to the DA about the case that would make the DA take the hint and do that very thing.

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Answered on 4/07/10, 10:19 am


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