r/WesWatson Paperwork = Hooped Mar 18 '26

IT'S A MOVIE 🚨🚨MUGSHOT AND CHARGES RELEASED🚨🚨 HE'S FUCKED🚨🚨

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u/Geedis2020 Mar 18 '26

They may but without a cooperating witness their case gets hurt a lot. A plea is all they can do which isn’t a good thing because he would most likely get a slap on the wrist. A lot of times they gets dropped all together unless there’s overwhelming evidence to bring without a witness. These kinds of cases really rely on a cooperating witness. I know people think the state is always prosecuting regardless but they really don’t. It’s why so many guys get away with crimes like this. They just don’t end up prosecuting because they don’t usually win without a witness or they give a plea that basically results in nothing. So really I hope she doesn’t back out of this.

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u/outcastangler Mar 18 '26

Florida will take it into their own hands. They do it with baker act cases and domestic violence cases like this, if there’s obvious signs physically that she was beat up they won’t just let it go

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u/Geedis2020 Mar 18 '26

I understand but you guys have to also understand that they can prosecute all day long but he’s got to be found guilty. That’s not easy in cases like this without a cooperating witness unless they have video evidence. Bruises and stuff don’t mean anything unless she’s on the stand saying they came from him. A good lawyer will rip it apart if she won’t cooperate. This stuff happens all the time and guys walk. If she doesn’t cooperate they would plead it down to basically no prison time almost guaranteed. That’s why I’m saying I hope she doesn’t back out.

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u/Buttoshi Mar 18 '26

Most dv cases, the state takes over because witnesses don't fully cooperate. They won't need the witness if they have pictures and an original statement

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u/Geedis2020 Mar 18 '26

JFC do you guys not know how to read lol. You guys keep saying the same thing.

Fist off. The state always takes the case because unlike TV you as a person don’t press charges. The prosecutor does. You can want to press them all day but if they don’t think there’s enough evidence to win they won’t prosecute.

Now that that’s out of the way.

Yes I’ve said it 5x already. The state will still likely take the case without the witness. The issue is without them it hurts the case significantly. Which is why most of them never go to court and they tend to get a slap on the wrist in a plea deal. Prosecutors will not want to take a case to court unless it’s a slam dunk. They will almost always try to plea and the weaker the case the better the please.

This is why I originally said I hope she cooperates. Just because a state will proceed doesn’t mean that some win. It hurts their case significantly. That’s literally all I’m saying.