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Big news in Missouri. I think they can refile at a later date?
Circuit attorney drops charge against Greitens after judge rules she can be called as witness
Circuit attorney drops charge against Greitens after judge rules she can be called as witness | Law and order | stltoday.com
ST. LOUIS • Prosecutors dismissed a criminal charge against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and will be seeking a special prosecutor to refile the charge after the judge ruled that his lawyers could call Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner as a witness.
The prosecutors announced they were dropping the charge about 4:40 p.m. Monday.
The move follows several secret filings in the case over the last several days.
A spokeswoman for Gardner said the case would be refiled. Gardner left the courtroom just before 5 p.m. She did not answer questions.
Circuit Judge Rex Burlison's "unprecedented" order "places the Circuit Attorney in the impossible position of being a witness, subject to cross-examination within the offer of proof by her own subordinates," Gardner spokeswoman Susan Ryan said in a statement.
Circuit attorney drops charge against Greitens after judge rules she can be called as witness
Circuit attorney drops charge against Greitens after judge rules she can be called as witness | Law and order | stltoday.com
ST. LOUIS • Prosecutors dismissed a criminal charge against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and will be seeking a special prosecutor to refile the charge after the judge ruled that his lawyers could call Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner as a witness.
The prosecutors announced they were dropping the charge about 4:40 p.m. Monday.
The move follows several secret filings in the case over the last several days.
A spokeswoman for Gardner said the case would be refiled. Gardner left the courtroom just before 5 p.m. She did not answer questions.
Circuit Judge Rex Burlison's "unprecedented" order "places the Circuit Attorney in the impossible position of being a witness, subject to cross-examination within the offer of proof by her own subordinates," Gardner spokeswoman Susan Ryan said in a statement.