{"id":9062,"date":"2017-11-22T02:51:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T02:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=9062"},"modified":"2018-02-14T19:24:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T19:24:35","slug":"1-criminal-complaint-a-formal-charge-accusing-a-person-of-having-commit-a-criminal-offense","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=9062","title":{"rendered":"File a Criminal Complaint:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">complaint<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Criminal law.\u00a0<\/em><strong>A formal charge accusing a person of an offense. <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=4752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fed. R. Crim. P. 3<\/a>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">2. A formal charge of a crime.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">[2]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">criminal complaint<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (17c)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">1. A formal charging instrument by which a person is accused of a crime, usually a misdemeanor or violation in a sworn statement.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>fresh complaint<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;\u00a0<em>Criminal law.\u00a0<\/em><strong>A reasonably prompt lodging of a grievance, especially, a victim&#8217;s prompt report of a sexual assault to someone trustworthy.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 aka\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>first complaint<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">;<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><em>prompt complaint<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">;<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>prompt outcry<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff00ff;\">fresh-complaint rule<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (1952)\u00a0<em>Evidence.\u00a0<\/em><strong>The principle that the testimony of a witness whom a victim of a sex crime promptly told about the crime is admissible to corroborate the victim&#8217;s claim that a crime occurred.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The testimony is admissible to show that the complaint was made promptly, not for the truth of matter stated in the complaint.\u00a0 The theory is that sexual-assault victim&#8217;s credibility is bolstered if the victim reports the assault soon after it occurs.\u00a0 Most courts no longer recognize this theory. <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/forms\/law-enforcement-grand-jury-and-prosecution-forms\/criminal-complaint\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Download Form\u00a0AO91<\/span><br \/>\n\u201cThe Criminal Complaint\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>complaint: 2.\u00a0Criminal law.\u00a0A formal charge accusing a person of an offense. Fed. R. Crim. P. 3. [1] 2. A formal charge of a crime.\u00a0[2] criminal complaint: (17c) 1. A formal charging instrument by which a person is accused of a crime, usually a misdemeanor or violation in a sworn statement. fresh complaint &#8211;\u00a0Criminal law.\u00a0A reasonably &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=9062\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">File a Criminal Complaint:<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6964,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9062","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9062"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13889,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9062\/revisions\/13889"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}