Letting Go
" I believe your client , but you are still going to need to present something to the Grand Jury on it." " I'll give you a probation on a lesser charge, but your guy is going to need to plead on all three cases. I've been told that my court has too many dismissals." " I don't know why the Grand Jury indicted your client, but I can't dismiss it unless the co-defendant pleads to something." " I would never dismiss that case. It's a First Degree!" What do the above four phrases have in common? They have all been said to me by a prosecutor as justification for not dismissing a case in the past year. Now, before I go too much further down the road of angering every prosecutor who reads this blog, let me be clear: Prosecutors and Defense Attorney disagree every freaking day over whether or not a case should be dismissed. As Defense Attorneys, we are obligated to seek out the best resolution for our clients and we wou