Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

what will be the outcome

i am being charged for simple assult and harrasment this is my first offense and the victim is not pussing the matter the victim wants the charges droped


Asked on 12/20/06, 2:44 pm

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Re: what will be the outcome

I can't give you a formal legal opinion without knowing more about the facts, and even then, I could only talk probabilities. I can say this much to you: The government needs live witnesses to proceed. If no eye-witnesses appear in court, the government would have an extremely difficult time making out a case.

I will also tell you that many counties in Pennsylvania have diversion programs for first-timers charged with this sort of offense. Very often the government would agree to withdraw the charges if you went to some counseling or if there were no further problems over the next few months.

Good luck.

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Answered on 12/20/06, 3:10 pm


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