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Re-appealing a judgment to confirm the first instance court's judgment
I filed a criminal case for physical domestic violence, defamation, and threats made towards me in December 2018.
After a long process in the public prosecution and evidence collected as well as witness testimony, the first instance court gave a judgment to the accused of 3 months imprisonment, deportation and a 10K fine in November 2019.
The accused appealed the case and, on ALL three charges, he got "innocent".
I made the request to the public prosecution to re-appeal the appeal and send it to the cassation court. They sent me a rejection SMS 1 day after I made the request. How can this be? The public prosecution is supposed to be my defender in this case.
I do not feel safe as a single woman living here anymore. It is not easy for me to leave because I have children who attend school here and he threatened them as well.
I need to know if there are any steps I can take to make the cassation courts take this seriously and look at the file again.
Dear questioner,
Pursuant to the information provided, we need to see the judgment and other related documents to give you proper advice.
To have a detailed discussion, kindly contact us via phone or email.
Thank You!
Dear client,
We shall review your case to be able to advise you in the best way.
It is necessary to study the reasons for the acquittal of the accused to know whether the appeal judgement violated the provisions of the law. You can submit a request to the public persecution to challenge the ruling of acquittal.
And be noted that we can take into consideration "Civil action", but only in certain cases, so it is very important to study the reasons for acquittal to know if there are any possibilities for compensation.
You can contact me via phone or email for further assistance.
Thank you!
