Yeah. Dismissals can happen for many reasons. However, these dispositions are public. You can locate the reasons yourself. To assist you, (and this can be easily confirmed) the 2003 incident involved about 10 people. Yet, even with cameras placed in every corner of the bar which the incident occurred, a JUDGE ruled there was not sufficient evidence to proceed with the charges. If there is not sufficient evidence (evidence- I’ll repeat that again) to proceed to even a hearing- the “whole controversy,” is dismissed. In that case (and the only case I’ve ever been charged with anything of consequence - yes, I’m probably guilty of speeding - even though those tickets were dismissed as well, so, there is your BIG example) the dismissals were VOLUNTARY. Even if they were merely, “dismissed,” - it would be apparent if the dismissal were “with prejudice,” or “without prejudice.” Sorry. Not wasting space to explain the definitions of these two options to you. I’ll just say this- “without prejudice,” means anyone who pressed the initial charges would have the option to produce more evidence & open the case back up in 6 months to a year. That didn’t happen. I was attacked. I defended myself. The cameras showed that- even though the attackers were SURE, showing that one 104 lb girl managing to restrain or OOC 7 assailants would certainly “prove,” their case. Whoops!
I can tell you’re not a lawyer. Though, this is a matter of class not law. Who is honestly depraved enough to post dismissed charges from one incident 2003 in attempt to smear my name? Someone very bored, very lonely & with a clear agenda. Tactless. Classless. A tad ridiculous. But hey, when you locate charges from 17 yrs ago (or anytime) which were NOT immediately dismissed- lmk! Eggbutt obviously isn’t aware it can sometimes take many months for a busy courthouse to get around to enter a disposition into their systems. (Directing that comment at Eggbutt s seemingly accusation there was some nefarious reason the 2003 charge/s werent “settled,” until the end of the year.) Nope. It was settled on court date number one. Her bad. I guess if she could find something of relevance- (to anything) she would have. Nope. Just some voluntarily dismissed charges from 2003.
Oh. You are very clearly unaware of how easy it is to go to a magistrate, make up complete lies & have someone served with whatever the magistrate (not a lawyer- not a judge) decides to stamp. I, myself, don’t use the legal system to settle non criminal disputes. Plenty of others do. All it takes is one person’s “feelings getting hurt,” to provide them motivation to make erroneous claims to a magistrate in the hopes of “sticking it,” to the person you didn’t get your way with. Unfortunately, for these types of people, the legal system (procedurally & substantively) is not there for these reasons. Most judges can easily & quickly determine which cases are worth trying & which are complete & utter BS. Luckily, it the judge who decides. Not the magistrate. But… go fish.
