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Nolle prosequi, [a] abbreviated nol or nolle pros, is legal Latin meaning "to be unwilling to pursue". [3] [4] It is a type of prosecutorial discretion in common law, used for prosecutors' declarations that they are voluntarily ending a criminal case before trial or before a verdict is rendered; [5] it is a kind of motion to dismiss and contrasts with an involuntary dismissal.
The effect of granting this motion meant that Klopfer was not completely free of charges. When a case is normally halted on a prosecutor's motion for nolle prosequi, a judge's approval is required to restart proceedings. In North Carolina at the time, a court granting a nolle prosequi with leave motion implicitly granted this permission ahead ...
Motion to Nolle Prosequi. Although his innocence has been officially declared by state prosecutors, “there is no amount of money that can give Mr. Parrish the two years of his life back ...
Prosecutors subsequently filed nolle prosequi with the court to drop all charges against Syed. [81] Young Lee, Hae Min Lee's brother, appealed the decision, arguing that, as a victim, he had not been given sufficient notice of the hearing and that he had not been given an adequate opportunity to speak or testify. [82]
In 1966, the district attorney's office filed a notice of nolle prosequi regarding Calvo, ending their efforts to bring him to court and, as a result, ending any legal activities related to Rios's murder. [82]
nolle prosequi: not to prosecute A statement from the prosecution that they are voluntarily discontinuing (or will not initiate) prosecution of a matter. / ˈ n ɒ l i ˈ p r ɒ s ɪ k w aɪ / nolo contendere: I do not wish to argue A type of plea whereby the defendant neither admits nor denies the charge. Commonly interpreted as "No contest ...
[a] Prosecutors may dismiss charges in this situation by seeking a voluntary dismissal or nolle prosequi. Wayte v. United States 470 U.S. 598 (1985) [9] said: In our criminal justice system, the Government retains "broad discretion" as to whom to prosecute.
District Attorney Gaylord made a nolle prosequi motion to dismiss the remaining indictments the next day. [33] In an editorial published on October 6, 1876, the editor of Grass Valley Daily Union wrote "the Defendants who were indicted were not connected, by the evidence, with the acts of murder and arson. Indeed the testimony in the case ...