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Nolle prosequi, [a] abbreviated nol or nolle pros, is legal Latin meaning "to be unwilling to pursue". [3] [4] It is a type of prosecutorial discretion in common law, used for prosecutors' declarations that they are voluntarily ending a criminal case before trial or before a verdict is rendered; [5] it is a kind of motion to dismiss and contrasts with an involuntary dismissal.
Florida law allows for expungement of criminal records where the criminal case resulted in a dismissal by the court, a nolle prosequi (charges dropped) by the state attorney, or an acquittal by the judge or jury.
Since 1999, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has set forth guidelines concerning the prosecution of business organizations and corporations. [3] The United States Attorneys' Manual (USAM) of the DOJ allows consideration of non-prosecution or deferred prosecution of corporate criminal offenses because of collateral consequences and discusses plea agreements, deferred prosecution ...
Curtis Giovanni Flowers (born May 29, 1970) [1] is an American man who was tried for the same murders six times by the same prosecutor in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Four of the trials resulted in convictions, all of which were overturned on appeal.
A nolo contendere plea has the same immediate effects as a plea of guilty, but may have different residual effects or consequences in future actions. For instance, a conviction arising from a nolo contendere plea is subject to any and all penalties, fines, and forfeitures of a conviction from a guilty plea in the same case, and can be considered as an aggravating factor in future criminal actions.
A Florida TikToker responsible for the death of six farmworkers has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the 2022 Palm Beach fatal collision. On Monday, Jan. 6, ...
In English common law: "nolle prosequi" merely means that the (public) prosecutor is unwilling to continue with the prosecution; it doesn't disbar continuation of the case at a later date, if the (public) prosecutor so wishes. This is incorrect. If the Attorney General issues a nolle prosequi, no-one may prosecute the charges.
Nolle or Nölle may refer to: Nolle prosequi, legal Latin term for the discontinuance of a prosecution; Marianne Nölle (born 1938), German serial killer; Thomas Nölle (1948–2020), German artist; Richard Nolle, American astrologer, coiner of the term "supermoon" Nollendorfplatz, colloquially called Nolle, a square in Berlin, Germany