State v. Young, 941 A. 2d 124 (R.I. 2008)
The state filed charges against a mother for second degree child abuse of her minor child. By the time the case came to trial, the child was an adult, and asked the the charges be dismissed and that she be reunited with her mother. The Family Court dismissed the charges at the pretrial stage without…
In re Private Criminal Complaints of Rafferty, 2009 PA Super 53; 969 A.2d 578 (Pa. Super. 2009)
Appellant, an inmate whose parole was revoked at a hearing, filed three private criminal complaints against witnesses at the hearing and the Deputy Attorney General who acted as prosecutor, alleging perjury, obstruction of justice and false imprisonment. The criminal complaints were referred by the local District Attorney to the Attorney General’s office. The Attorney General…
