What happens when you press charges?

Question

WHat happens when you press charges? my female friend was attacked by four other women, one was under age and she used a bottle in the fight. My friend needed to be hospitalized. My glasses where broken by one of the four girl while i was trying to get them off of her. We are pressing charges. So what exactly happens?

Answer 1

d**n. What did your friend do? That's messed up. Hope she wasn't running her mouth, because that's just what happens when you do. You go to the police and file a report, and hire a lawyer and take them to court. Make sure you have your police report with you .. that's important documentation... or maybe it's too late. Find out.

Answer 2

SO YOU ARE PRESSING CHARGES, you and your friend will asked to wrote a written statement(known as swore affidavit) in the police for the police report coinciding with your formal filing of the charges of assault and battery which ever the case, then the case will elevate to for inquest for a judge to rendered a hearing concerning the charges, likewise your opponent in these case which is the defendant while you the plaintiff.

The other parties likewise will bring their own set of lawyers to answer your charges and defend themselves with your accusation, they too will give a swore statement just like you did an affidavit claiming what for them is the real truth of the matter. Now both argument will be settle in the chamber of a judge who will render a verdict WHO AMONG YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH.

Answer 3

--- Well, if you pressed charges it already happened. A police Agent makes contact with you and gets a written statement from you about what happened. They then get written statements from any witnesses they can track down and identify the person or persons being accused.

--- They would also be collecting any evidence if there were any at this point. Things like security camera video, photos of injuries, medical reports, etc.

--- If the incident just happened within say an hour or two then they will try and arrest the suspects immediately if the statements support an arrest. If this incident didn't just happen or they couldn't find the suspects right away then it progresses something like this:

--- After they have obtained the statements of the complainants, collected any evidence and  talked to any witnesses they can find they sit down and go over it all and decide what, if any, would be the appropriate charges to file against who.

--- Then they go try to find and interview the suspects again and try to get a statement of their side of the incident, if they wish to make a statement.

--- After that they send it all to the DA. If the DA decides arrests are warranted then either warrants are issued for immediate arrest or criminal complaints and summons are issued and served on the suspects giving a mandatory court date. If the suspects are in hiding or can't be found then warrants would be entered into NCIC, the national crime information computer and any officer who runs their names will be advised to put the Habeas Grabass on them, errr... I mean arrest them.

--- The suspects appear in court one way or the other and the judge determines a bail amount, an amount that they can post that will guarentee they will appear in court. They are then given a trial date and released from custody on bail. The bond/bail will almost always have restrictions that require the suspects refrain from any form of contact with the victims or witnesses as well as refrain from drinking or using drugs or violating any laws.

--- Should they violate the bond restrictions the bond can be revoked and they stay in jail until the trial. If they violate the bond by contacting witnesses or the victim they can be charged with felony attempting to influence witnesses or threaten witnesses and victims. Judges REALLY frown upon that and would likely deny them bail after that.

--- You go in and testify at the try and the suspects are found guilty or not guilty and the judge either releases them or sentences them. If the suspects fail to appear for the trial the bond they posted is forfeited, they lose it, and a warrant is issued for their arrest.

--- If they got a bond from a bail bondsman he then sics his bounty hunters on the suspects in oprder to recover the bail he lost. At the same time the warants are also in the NCIC computer too.

--- Thats it.

Answer 4

go to the cops tell them what happened I hope that she will press charges 4 on 1 that's not fair go to court tell the truth the under age girl should do some time  in a juvenile center i

the other 3 can do prison time stand beside your Friend if thse girls end up doing time they will have more to fight off then your friend did