Word: prosequi
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...final entry in Leong’s relatively thin case file comes abruptly, less than half a year after he was arrested. It’s a nolle prosequi filing by prosecutors, an order announcing their decision to suspend prosecution. According to Twohig, the Commonwealth’s decision is a common one for situations in which the defendant is “clearly delusional” and the remaining charges are minor...
...district attorney’s office hasn’t filed a motion for nolle prosequi yet,” she said, referring to the motion that would end all legal action at the district court level...
...smorgasbord of internationally known grape varieties. The veneer of its glamor has faded as Chianti producers have since rebounded. The supertuscan’s meretricious colors are shining through. Happily, a cordon sanitaire has been placed around these charlatans. It is not Chianti. I refuse to dignify it. Nolle prosequi...
...Raymond Mallard declared a mistrial. Subsequent ly, the "trespass" Supreme cases in Court light of tossed the out 1964 similar Civil Rights Act, which desegregated public accommodations. But Klopfer remained in jeopardy: 18 months after the indic ment, Judge Mallard allowed Solicitor Cooper to make use of a "nolle prosequi with leave," meaning the power to re instate the prosecution at any time he pleased...
...voiding the nolle prosequi last week, the Supreme Court simply con tinued its corporating" recent the trend of Constitution's gradually Bill "in of Rights in the due-process clause of the 14th Amendment, which is binding on states. But what is speedy trial? While a few states require trial anywhere from two to six months after indictment, fed eral courts require only no "unnecessary delay," a phrase that sometimes allows delays of several years. And who is entitled to speedy trial? In federal and most state courts, the current answer...