Can I recoup costs for malicious prosecution if case dismissed without prejudice
OK, I was the respondent in a criminal harassment case brought only because the person claiming to be harassed wanted to harass me and has a real control issue about wanting to get me completely out of town, not just 100 feet away. It was a case where I saw her at a stop light in town both of us in vehicles and I just went on my way after the light changed. I didn't even make eye contact after initial recognition I didn't gesture or anything. But her husband knows the local cop well who came after me and swore at me as he gave me the charges he also stated that if this woman called him again in tears as she was he would immediately arrest me and throw me into jail. (why she was in tears is beyond my comprehension, I've never done a damn thing to this woman, she's a drama queen... )Unfortunately, the original protection order I should have appealed as it all had turned on I think me getting upset in court with her many many lies and I never should have showed emotion but the judge just wanted to get out of there, I think, so he granted it, the court had run very long that day. But I got bad advice that it'd cost me $2500 to appeal, and so now I live with this control freak thinking she owns me. It all stems from a petty one-sided cat fight that I had pretty much ignored but it evidently escalated because she doesn't like to be ignored. She created a stack of bogus BS to bring to court and I don't understand why she needed no evidence other than her say so. Accused me of driving past her house really slowly--she lives on a main street of town on a 25 mph road. You can't drive fast. Anyway, the violation case of the criminal harassment got dismissed immediately without prejudice for no probable cause as violation must be willful, not accidental. My attorney said it's almost unheard of for that to happen so quickly and he also said that it's rare if ever to dismiss with prejudice because judge doesn't like stepping on prosecutor's toes. It's politics, then, I guess that it's without prejudice instead of with. But I don't like this hanging over my head. I am a law-abiding citizen dragged into this drama. So I want to ask for my defense money back on the basis of a malicious prosecution because I've no criminal record ever and I got an attorney when threatened by cop with arrest and I feared for my safety but it was expensive and I put it on credit card. But case only got to arraignment. I didn't even get read my rights. I had to take off work to go. And it's evidently left open for prosecutor to bring back, which frankly I consider as more harassment potential against me. So does that mean I have to wait out the time for prosecutor to bring it back before it is officially really dismissed and thus malicious or what? And I don't want to remind prosecutor about me since I don't trust anybody now so I won't know how long he has to bring it back. This woman lies and has BFFs she mind-control who will probably create more lies. (I did ask for a mutual protection but judge tabled it, instructing this woman not to manipulate the current order or he'd be very upset with her.) HELP!