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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.
In his June 15 letter to the Florida Supreme Court, Renner said that the issue of consolidation needs to be studied because the same boundaries of the 20 judicial circuits have been in place since ...
State court rules may be different from the Federal rules and vary from state to state. Full Text of FRCP 41(b): (b) Involuntary Dismissal: Effect Thereof. For failure of the plaintiff to prosecute or to comply with these rules or any order of court, a defendant may move for dismissal of an action or of any claim against the defendant.
In a 6-1 decision, Florida's highest court rejected the petition brought by Warren, a twice-elected state attorney for Florida’s Hillsborough County in the Tampa area.
That was the warning issued loud and clear by Florida governor Ron DeSantis after he signed into effect a new law that increases penalties for retail theft and porch piracy in the Sunshine State ...
Prosecutors at the state level may offer a witness either transactional or use and derivative use immunity, but at the federal level, use and derivative use immunity is much more common. [citation needed] In the United States, Congress can also grant criminal immunity (at the Federal level) to witnesses in exchange for testifying. [1]
The ruling comes one year after an 11th Circuit panel revived Warren’s case over his suspension as the Tampa-area state prosecutor. Florida asked the full appeals court to review the order, and ...
On April 6, 1997, a married couple were attacked and murdered during their fishing trip by a known acquaintance at a fish farm in Charlotte County, Florida. [2]On that day itself, 25-year-old Gregory Philip Malnory Jr. (commonly known as Greg Malnory) and his 26-year-old wife Kimberly Ann Malnory (or Kim Malnory) were invited over to the South Florida Sod Farm by Greg's 37-year-old co-worker ...