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It's not a technicality, they charged him under an inappropriate statute. If you punch someone and get charged with murder then you'll be acquitted since you did not commit the alleged crime of murder. It's not a technicality but incompetence on the part of the prosecutor.

There probably is a statute that is appropriate for this but didn't carry enough time to satisfy the prosecutor. Prosecutors often inflate charges so people will deal down to a lesser charge.

To me it sounds like he's admitted to a tort which GS could have resolved on its own with out using public resources.




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