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Acquittal / strike out

  • 09-10-2015 12:22am
    #1
    carzony
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    Hi Guys,

    I was reading an article about court outcomes and something caught my eye. It said that an Acquittal was a person found not guilty and a strike out was basically dismissing a case due to circumstances like lack of evidence ect.. In other words it seems to me that a strike out could actually put a persons innocence ino question.

    Here is my issue I was in the district court myself in the past for traffic related incidents (failure to produce documents) I produced all the relevant details on the morning of the court which legally proved my innocence. Would I not have been entitled to an acquittal instead of a strike out though?

    I know many of the people there also got strike outs that morning and it seems to be a normal procedure to strike out cases but shouldnt these people be entitled to ecquittals?


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    Fred Swanson
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  • #3
    4ensic15
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    It is not. If the acquittal is dismiss on the merits the prosecution can't be brought again. A struck out case can be brought again depending on the circumstances. The o/p would not have been entitled to dismiss on the merits because there was no evidence heard. The guard applied for a strike out before leading evidence.


  • #4
    Peregrinus
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    carzony wrote: »
    Here is my issue I was in the district court myself in the past for traffic related incidents (failure to produce documents) I produced all the relevant details on the morning of the court which legally proved my innocence. Would I not have been entitled to an acquittal instead of a strike out though?
    An acquittal doesn't "prove your innocence", and it doesn't establish that you have proved your innocence. It just establishes that the state hasn't proved your guilt.


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