My husband received 3 yrs probation, on that same day he got into a fight with his bother. His brother pressed charges on him. Now its been a couple of weeks and he went to visit his PO for the first time and the arrested him/well they say it is a probation hold. His brother now wants to drop the charges so that he can be released. What will happen now? Can he be released if the charges are dropped...

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Originally Posted by tomekka

Can he be released if the charges are dropped...

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Hello t:

Yes, he CAN, but it's the prosecutor who's going to press charges - NOT his brother. And, even if the charges are dropped, he may be guilty of a probation violation, and they'll keep him till they have a hearing.

excon

The brother can not just drop the charges, if the brother did not want him charged he should not have called the police. The brother can testify at his hearing.