What I am wondering is the typical way that he- said, she-said cases are dealt. The background is a fist fight, two persons were stuck with beer bottles. both were of opposite sides of the confrontation. all persons involved were under the influence of alcohol. one is claiming so and so hit them, and the other is claiming a different person hit them. basically it boils down to he said, she said. what typically happens with a case like this? both are pressing charges against the person they "think" hit them.. i say think because neither party knows for sure, just what they were told by their other intoxicated friends. will a case like this go anywhere in court? oh, and no arrests were made the night of the confrontation.
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Originally posted by NYPDrookWhat I am wondering is the typical way that he- said, she-said cases are dealt. The background is a fist fight, two persons were stuck with beer bottles. both were of opposite sides of the confrontation. all persons involved were under the influence of alcohol. one is claiming so and so hit them, and the other is claiming a different person hit them. basically it boils down to he said, she said. what typically happens with a case like this? both are pressing charges against the person they "think" hit them.. i say think because neither party knows for sure, just what they were told by their other intoxicated friends. will a case like this go anywhere in court? oh, and no arrests were made the night of the confrontation.
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He said she said fight/assault....Nothing happens, can't prove either without independent witness, not drunk buddies of the conmplainants. BUT if they were both drunk at the time of report....both go for disorderly conduct.
I'M Surprised charges were filed. Do you know if the Prosecutor OK'd the charges?Last edited by Seven53; 12-14-2006, 07:29 PM.Comment
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Let all idiots involved have their day in court and let the judge sort it out.Two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead.Comment
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That's what we call a preliminary investigation - you try to determine who the "primary agressor" is. Someone started the damn fight, either by words or actions. As a street cop, it's your job to find out while all parties are still on the scene. If you are lazy and don't want to investigate, just lock them both up for "disorderly conduct on the premises of a licensed establishment". Otherwise, tell them this should be a lesson learned and have a nice night.Comment
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If it's not a domestic and everybody's drunk and got different stories, then yeah it's a race to the magistrate. All you can do is document injuries, RELIABLE witness statements, and what each victim claimed happened that night. Then let them sit down and hash it out with the magistrate. Pressing charges for misdeanor assault is on them, but if they're still out of control when you get there, then hook 'em up for disorderly. Here we also have the charge of affray if it's a mutual combat in public kind of thing that's still going on when you get there.
Vtfuzz..out of curiousity..so officers press charges for non-domestic misdemeanors that occurred out of their presence up there and not victims? I'm always curious about how differently states handle things.Comment
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Originally posted by ofc129Vtfuzz..out of curiousity..so officers press charges for non-domestic misdemeanors that occurred out of their presence up there and not victims? I'm always curious about how differently states handle things.Comment
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Misdemeanor Battery (non-domestic) not in my presence gets a case report and advised to contact the prosecutor.
The fun part is when they say "i want you to arrest that m**** f****" and you tell them it dosent work that way. Then when they flip out, they take a ride for disorderly or public intox."People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell
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