In many cases, the government has struck so-called deferred prosecution agreements with companies instead of filing charges.
Consequently, prosecutors cannot wait an inordinate amount of time before filing charges or proceeding with the prosecution after filing charges.
In a prosecution filing yesterday, Mr. Vinegrad argued that Mr. Schwarz's June 24 trial on the civil rights charges should include the new perjury charges.
In white-collar prosecutions, that is rarely the case, as prosecutors refine their case after filing charges, sometimes finding new violations, while defendants try to pry evidence from the government that can help their defense.
Crews made a complaint to the police about Venit but the prosecution did not file charges; Venit's defence to the lawsuit is that it was merely drunken horseplay not sexual.
While that makes it sound like prosecutors will soon be filing charges against a number of bank executives, do not hold your breath waiting for a flood of prosecutions.
In May, Durham police announced that "all of the surviving main suspects, 31 in total, had been identified, interviewed and prosecution files submitted for advice". Charges are likely to be brought in the near future.
Under Spanish law, the court will decide whether the prosecution has adequate evidence to file charges against the duke.
"I never read one prosecution file".
Attorney William L. Osterhoudt said he knows of no other case in which a San Francisco D.A. allowed grand jurors to file charges beyond what the prosecution wanted.
Kerry J. Jacobson, an assistant United States attorney in Wyoming, said undertaking tribal prosecutions while the government decides whether it will file charges would create more problems than it would solve.
