There are many Deputy District Attorneys in various offices in Los Angeles County and they review cases for filing. It would impossible for one person to do it.
In reality, in a huge urban county like LA there are hundreds of assistant DA's and deputy DA's who make those decisions on a daily basis, and the vast majority of cases never go anywhere near the DA himself.
Usually, there are several who work for a city/county.But there is always a top dog, usually the one with senority. A d.a. presses charges if they decide to pick up the case (basically if someone's pushing them to do it, or they think it's an easy win.)
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There are many Deputy District Attorneys in various offices in Los Angeles County and they review cases for filing. It would impossible for one person to do it.
"Technically" it's up to the DA.
In reality, in a huge urban county like LA there are hundreds of assistant DA's and deputy DA's who make those decisions on a daily basis, and the vast majority of cases never go anywhere near the DA himself.
Richard
Usually, there are several who work for a city/county.But there is always a top dog, usually the one with senority. A d.a. presses charges if they decide to pick up the case (basically if someone's pushing them to do it, or they think it's an easy win.)