It’s a soap and I’m no lawyer

bnbviewer, 7/21/2023, 4:02PM(303 days ago) @LadyMac

but couldn’t Steffy bring charges again. Obviously not murder but attempted or reckless endangerment, something to keep her behind bars for awhile. I don’t think double jeopardy would apply because she wasn’t found not guilty so couldn’t Steffy change her testimony? Again it would not help with the upcoming s/l but I’m curious.

IAAL. Or I used to be. Now I'm a judicial officer.

Steffy can't "bring charges". That's the job of the state - to prosecute. Steffy could request it, but would the prosecutor do so, knowing that any defense counsel is going to rip her on cross examination that she let prosecution of those exact same charges laps. It will smack of a retaliatory prosecution.

I've been saying it all along that it was a bad confession as Bill was acting as an agent of law enforcement and the confession was obtained without proper Miranda warnings.

Thanks, that makes sense
Of course the whole thing is ridiculous

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