A case is dropped, should a defendant have to pay attorney fees and court cost?

even if it never went to court AND the defendent didnt hire the opposing attorney?shouldnt be right if you have to as there was no judgement passed in favor of either side.
There are costs involved in any legal proceeding,
regardless if the case never 'goes to court'.

I don't know the entire situation but I would definitely
object to paying an attorney I neither requested nor
hired....now if he/she requested an attorney and one
was appointed for him/her, that might be a little different.

As for payment of court costs, this is generally ordered
by the court. Again, there are costs involved. If the case
was 'settled' out of court, as opposed to being dropped,
then yes I would say that court costs had to be paid.
If settled out of court, there is a hint of guilt involved somewhere.
All depends on what the court orders. If your lawyer told you a set fee before you hired them then you owe that fee


Answer:
DID YOU PAY THE ATTORNEY IN ADVANCE?
DID YOU SIGN A CONTRACT? IF SO DID YOU READ IT?
I HIRED AN ATTORNEY, FOR A CASE SIGNED A CONTRACT IF THE CASE GETS DROPPED THEN HE HAD TO PAY ME BACK THE TRIAL FEES HOWEVER HE GETS TO KEEP HIS INITIAL FEES.
A 'case', meaning a criminal case, is brought by 'The People', meaning all of us. If we drop that case, and it has cost the defendant anything, we, the people, should cover those costs. If not, then certainly the one time defendant has a civil case for damages against 'We, The People'. That's my feeling, anyway.

Did that make sense?
Some times a case will be dropped with the stipulation that the defendant will pay costs.
Anytime someone (Attorney, Doctor, etc,.) does something for you, they should be paid for their services.

Have a lovely rest of the evening.
sometimes you will have to if the court is dropped or the defendant in that contract you will sometimes have to pay for court cost. you will also have to pay lawyer frees.
Of course. It was their action which brought all the attornies, the judge and all the court staff to court so in essence their actions caused other hearings to be postponed and took up the court's time. Pay it, suck it up and stay out of trouble in the future. There is no way to get around it.
It depends on how long you had the attorny before the case was dropped. if you just got the attorny the day before, then no. But if it has been a couple of weeks then yeah due to the time they had put in to working with you.
This is unfair and basically blackmail. However the Dems will do anything to back lawyers because they are major contributors.

The situation you described is truly pathetic and unreasonable. I really hope someone can give you a positive, constructive answer. You should not have to have this follow you all your life.