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  2. Nolle prosequi - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    nolle prosequi: not to prosecute A statement from the prosecution that they are voluntarily discontinuing (or will not initiate) prosecution of a matter. / ˈ n ɒ l i ˈ p r ɒ s ɪ k w aɪ / nolo contendere: I do not wish to argue A type of plea whereby the defendant neither admits nor denies the charge. Commonly interpreted as "No contest ...

  4. Grand jury - Wikipedia

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    in solemn form describing the offense with proper accompaniments of time and circumstances, and certainty of act and person, or; by a less formal mode, which is usually the spontaneous act of the grand jury, called presentment. [11] No indictment or presentment can be made except by concurrence of at least twelve of the jurors.

  5. Klopfer v. North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The effect of granting this motion meant that Klopfer was not completely free of charges. When a case is normally halted on a prosecutor's motion for nolle prosequi, a judge's approval is required to restart proceedings. In North Carolina at the time, a court granting a nolle prosequi with leave motion implicitly granted this permission ahead ...

  6. Prosecutorial discretion - Wikipedia

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    [a] Prosecutors may dismiss charges in this situation by seeking a voluntary dismissal or nolle prosequi. Wayte v. United States 470 U.S. 598 (1985) [9] said: In our criminal justice system, the Government retains "broad discretion" as to whom to prosecute.

  7. 3 (Pledger v Janssen, et al.)

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    5 (Pledger v Janssen, et al.) causation deletes what you initially had in first: "You must consider." THE COURT: That was a mistake. We have reviewed the law.

  8. Motion to dismiss in the interest of justice - Wikipedia

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    N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 210.40 grants the defendant (or the prosecutor or the court) the power to apply for relief: . First, it directs the court to find, under the general concept of the "furtherance of justice" stated in its provisions, that the "dismissal is required as a matter of judicial discretion by the existence of some compelling factor, consideration or circumstance clearly ...

  9. No. 10 St. John's completes sweep of struggling UConn - AOL

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    Kadary Richmond and Zuby Ejiofor scored 18 points apiece as No. 10 St. John's took control late in the first half and pulled away for an 89-75 victory over UConn on Sunday afternoon in New York ...