§ 12-25. Discharge of defendant; dismissal of complaint.

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(a)

Whenever anyone is found guilty of violating an ordinance, which violation, in the opinion of the municipal court, is trivial, he may, in the discretion of the court, be discharged. Whenever any person shall be brought before the court by complaint, and it shall be shown that since the filing of the complaint the cause of the complaint has been abated, the defendant may be discharged.

(b)

Whenever any person other than a city officer shall have caused the arrest of another for violation of any ordinance and the offense charged shall have affected solely or principally the person causing such arrest, the latter may, with the consent of the court when the case is called for trial, dismiss the complaint.

(Ord. No. 163, Art. 1, § 19, 2-1-77)

                    
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