What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio
If someone makes a false statement to a police officer, which seven months and 7 misdemeanor charges later, the prosecutor is willing to drop 6 of them for lack of evidence, can the subsequent charges that were a direct result of this false statement still be charged?
Example: Girl invites boy to theater and then goes to a cop and says "he's stalking me". Cop decides to question boy....boy cooperates. Cop ends up tasing the boy and during the search, boy admits he has a knife in his pocket. The boy was also drunk - he was 19, not driving.
Fast forward seven months of GPS monitor, alcohol monitor, and weekly reporting to probation officer in another county - now prosecutor willing to drop six charges because there's not enough evidence, which are obstruction of official business, disorderly while intoxicated, menacing by stalking x 2, and telephone harrassment x 2, if he pleads guilty to carrying a concealed weapon. The boy was exhibiting no behavior that would have given the officer a reason to question him, nor would anyone have seen the knife or known it was there had it not been for the girl's false statement, which now they admit they have no proof of. And in fact the evidence the boy has to refute the "stalking" charge far outweighs anything they could claim.
Since the initial false police report is being dismissed, wouldn't that mean that everything subsequent to that should also be dismissed?
If someone makes a false statement to a police officer, which seven months and 7 misdemeanor charges later, the prosecutor is willing to drop 6 of them for lack of evidence, can the subsequent charges that were a direct result of this false statement still be charged?
Example: Girl invites boy to theater and then goes to a cop and says "he's stalking me". Cop decides to question boy....boy cooperates. Cop ends up tasing the boy and during the search, boy admits he has a knife in his pocket. The boy was also drunk - he was 19, not driving.
Fast forward seven months of GPS monitor, alcohol monitor, and weekly reporting to probation officer in another county - now prosecutor willing to drop six charges because there's not enough evidence, which are obstruction of official business, disorderly while intoxicated, menacing by stalking x 2, and telephone harrassment x 2, if he pleads guilty to carrying a concealed weapon. The boy was exhibiting no behavior that would have given the officer a reason to question him, nor would anyone have seen the knife or known it was there had it not been for the girl's false statement, which now they admit they have no proof of. And in fact the evidence the boy has to refute the "stalking" charge far outweighs anything they could claim.
Since the initial false police report is being dismissed, wouldn't that mean that everything subsequent to that should also be dismissed?