If someone gets charged for being drunk underage and assault and battery but there is no proof and evidence,?

Question

(more to the question) can the person who supposedly did it be held in juvey for the assault and battery when there is no proof or any evidence?

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if you are a lawyer or are really good with the law in maine, please answer or answer anyway if you are good with the law or just have a opinion. if you also can find a website that says that it is illeagal in maine please inform me of the website thanks.

Answer 1

So what you're saying is the cops just walked up to him and arrested him for all of the above for the sheer h**l of it??  There has to be proof of SOMETHING before he can be charged. He may have been taken into custody because someone filed a complaint, but there should have been witnesses around that saw what happened or some sort of proof there actually was a crime committed, or the DA won't prosecute and waste everyone's time.  I think your friend needs to contact a lawyer and going to AA wouldn't be a bad idea either.  

Answer 2

I am not lawyer but if someone has been charged with assault and battery then there is proof. The person they assaulted. There is a heck of lot more to this than you are telling us.

Answer 3

Government is ever getting more and more p.r. points, grants, funds, incentives, bonus's for just that reason' adding up to millions. KIds being kids and foolish. Calling them felon and filling the jails.  

Answer 4

For both DUI and assault and battery, bail must be set, unless the person is found to be a flight risk.  So to hold a person, whether there is evidence or not, for more than 24 to 48 hours (I think)  without either setting bail or addressing in court the flight risk is illegal.  As far as I know.    But if this is a case of someone being charged with DUI and assault and battery, for the first anyway there would no doubt be some evidence, Breath-alyzer test, arresting officers statement, etc.  I am just going to go out on a limb here and guess that the charges have been filed concerning someone for whom you are concerned for their safety in the juvenile detention center and that you would like released as quickly as possible.  Unless you have some concrete evidence that the detention center is corrupt or neglectful of their duty it is reasonable to assume that those in charge will ensure the physical well-being of the occupants.  It may be a good idea to let them think about it in there for awhile, rather than ensuring their swift release.  Just an opinion.  I also recognize I may be wrong in my assumption, which is why I answered as I did at first.