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2005-09-14 |
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| Moreover, a criminal offense is an outrage to the sovereign State and to the State belongs the power to prosecute and punish crimes.[30] By itself, an affidavit of desistance is not a ground for the dismissal of an action, once it has been instituted in court. A private complainant loses the right or absolute privilege to decide whether the rape charge should proceed, because the case was already filed and must therefore continue to be heard by the trial court.[31] | |||||