Can A Victim Press Criminal Charges? | Washington State |

Washington State Criminal Defense Attorney covers the extremely confusing topic, can a victim of a crime press criminal charges? The short answer is no.

We believe that dramatic television shows have created this false belief that "victims press charges" or a victim can "drop the charges." In reality, that is not true. The "charging" function lies exclusively with the prosecuting attorney. They way evidence gets to a prosecuting attorney is by way of law enforcement report. And the flip side is also true - only the Prosecutor can drop the charges.

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