A victim’s decision not to pursue charges does not prevent prosecutors from filing criminal charges, the\u00a0Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said.<\/p>\n
The clarification comes after The Quarry Golf Course said it understands the two men involved in last weekend’s stabbing do not intend to pursue charges against each other.<\/p>\n
According to the San Antonio Police Department, a 37-year-old man was hospitalized after a July 25 altercation at the golf course. Police said he got into a dispute with a 56-year-old man, who struck him with a blunt object before stabbing him with a knife. No arrests have been announced, and the investigation remains active.<\/p>\n
The golf course has said the violence stemmed from “a dispute among long-term friends over a golf match.”<\/p>\n
In statement, the\u00a0Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said prosecutors follow a formal review process before deciding whether to file criminal charges.<\/p>\n
“The\u00a0Bexar County District Attorney’s Office is not an investigative agency, as we rely on local law enforcement to conduct investigations,” a spokesperson said. “After an investigation is completed, the agency that conducted the investigation submits the relevant charges to our office for review.<\/p>\n
“At that point, we evaluate the evidence and make the decision on whether to proceed with filing charges.”<\/p>\n
The office said a victim’s wishes are considered but are only one factor in deciding whether to prosecute a case.<\/p>\n
“In some instances, charges may still be pursued even if the victim decides not to proceed. However, this determination is made on a case-by-case basis,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Because the investigation remains active, the district attorney’s office declined to comment specifically on the Quarry Golf Course case.<\/p>\n
SAPD said this week there have been no new developments in the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A victim’s decision not to pursue charges does not prevent prosecutors from filing criminal charges, the\u00a0Bexar County District…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-394519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}