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Who has to prove the case?

Asked on Mar 14th, 2014 on Criminal Law - Florida
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When a case is taken to the State Attorney's office who has to prove the case the defendant or the plaintiff? The state attorney's office does not want to talk to the defendant due to possible conflict of interest and the investigation is underway. However they are only listening to one side of the story. Why they are not talking to the defendant to find out the other side of the story?
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It is the State Attorneys job to prove the case.  The State must prove the case in court and the defendant will have the chance to tell his or her story in the courtroom. The State Attorney will not speak with the defendant outside of court.  If the defendant has a lawyer and wishes to convey certain information to the State Attorney that can be done through the defendants lawyer if he thinks that it is appropriate to do so. The defendant does not have to prove anything or testify, and the job of proving the case rests solely on the prosecutor.
Answered on Mar 14th, 2014 at 3:55 PM

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