QUESTION
How long can a criminal conspiracy case be pending?
Asked on Feb 07th, 2016 on Civil Litigation - Tennessee
More details to this question:
In August 2015, was charged with criminal conspiracy for delivering a letter to the president of a local credit union which I did not touch the letter. I walked in with a friend and she delivered the letter. My so called lawyer filed a letter of dismissal within the 30 day period. I and the other 9 people have not received any information since the papers were filed. My lawyer says the case is inactive and it cost me $10,000 to prove I did not deliver the letter . What would be my options at this point? I live in Anderson County Tennessee and this lawsuit involves Andersonville Volunteer Fire Depart where I had served as secretary for three years but resigned on June 24, 2015 due to the corruption of certain board members.
1 ANSWER
The case can be pending as long as the state decides that it wants to keep in pending. The only way to get it dismissed is for the state to decide not to prosecute or the judge dismisses it either for lack of evidence or failure to prosecute. Since you were only indicted in August, 2015, this is a young case and could, in theory, go on for years.
Answered on Feb 07th, 2016 at 5:56 AM