Re: GF won't file complaint against BF Felony DUI
Posted by v on 7/08/08

If he thinks it's based on a common law wife
he is mistaken. Used to be, only a wife
couldn't testify against her husband. Maybe
not anymore. No state presses charges.

On 7/05/08, capt. roy segers wrote:
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> Who knows if he will "beat" the rap ...but
he sure as heck can be
> taken to trial! Remember, the SA's press
the case...a jury
> decides!
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> On 7/04/08, Frankie wrote:
>> Because, in criminal cases (such as DUI,
attempted murder, or
>> battery), the state attorney "presses
charges," not the victim.
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>> On 7/04/08, Curmudgeon wrote:
>>> No.
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>>> On 7/04/08, adnileam wrote:
>>>> Eleven months ago, A Boyfriend took his
girlfriend out
>>>> drinking. On the way home, the car
scraped the guardrail
>>>> and caused him to stop the car. A
neighbor heard a noise
>>>> and saw the car stopped. The neighbor
called police who
>>>> in turn automatically called EMS. When
police/ems
>>>> arrived, they found boyfriend near the
car. Registration
>>>> showed it was his GFs car but the BF was
the only one
>>>> around. Police asked if he was alone.
He said yes
>>>> multiple times. Blew 2.0. 45 minutes
later, heard
>>>> yelling from a revine. Turned out to be
the GF. VERY bad
>>>> injuries (broken bones, internal organ
damage). GF goes
>>>> to hospital intensive care. BF goes to
jail overnite
>>>> until sober. GF tells faily and friends
she remembers
>>>> being dragged down the revine and the big
time pain. When
>>>> she is released from hospital, BF and she
start talking.
>>>> SBI takes on the case. Police do not talk
to GF until she
>>>> lives thru the ordeal and returns home.
She tells police
>>>> she remembers nothing. It appears that
there is some
>>>> forensic evidence to indicate that the BF
tried to either
>>>> kill her or harm her. She in the
meantime, has moved in
>>>> with the BF. BF bragging that he will
beat the wrap
>>>> because she won't press charges. BF went
before district
>>>> court and has court date set in Superior
Court this
>>>> month.
>>>> Is it true that without the GF complaint,
the BF will beat
>>>> the charges?

Posts on this thread, including this one

• GF won't file complaint against BF Felony DUI, 7/04/08, by adnileam.
• Re: GF won't file complaint against BF Felony DUI, 7/04/08, by Curmudgeon.
• Re: GF won't file complaint against BF Felony DUI, 7/04/08, by Frankie.
• Re: GF won't file complaint against BF Felony DUI, 7/05/08, by capt. roy segers.
• Re: GF won't file complaint against BF Felony DUI, 7/08/08, by v.
• Re: GF won't file complaint against BF Felony DUI, 7/08/08, by adnileam.
• Re: GF won't file complaint against BF Felony DUI, 7/08/08, by v.