freeadviceneedy
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Georgia **************I'm 41 yrs. old, and unfortunately have found myself, and my two yr. old daughter,having to move in with my Mother because of a recent divorce,and had been a homemaker at the time...No income at the time and in need of help from family. I feel I should also say that my relationship with my Mother has always been a very dysfuntional one,and continues to be as such. ...In a nutshell...We had a situation one day....She had done something that had made me angry,I then said some disagreeable words to her, and the next thing I know, she's back-handing me across the mouth with the cordless telephone.(the damage was a very badly busted lip that required stitches).There were a few people visitng me that day there along with a tenant that rented out a room at the time,and they were all outside of the house when this occcured,except the tenant that had to pull her off of me after she hit me.(she began to attempt pulling out my hair )I immediately went to look for where my daughter and friends were when my mother called 911,making a domestic violence report. In the mean time,my friends had been making the suggestion that the best thing for me to do at the time would be just to leave until things "cooled down"...I agreed, not even thinking that it would make me appear to be the "guilty" party by not being there to give any side of the story to the police but the one my Mother gave. For no other reason but spitefulness/resentment toward me, she reported to the police that I had been the one to be violent with her,and told them a description of the vehicle i left in. The next thing I know, the police spotted me in a fast food drive thru with my daughter NO LESS, and proceded to arrest me right then and there for simple battery!!! No questions asked of me , except for what my name was, to make sure they had the "right" person!!! No chance to speak my side of the situation or ANYHTING!!! And to top it off.... The officer who made the report for my mother had stated that she had visible marks of abuse (a cut on her finger from it dragging across a broken tooth when she hit me), and even stated she had a black eye, which was nothing but a bald-face lie,with witnesses to say so!!! The officer took noone else's statements. that were there at the time all this occured!!!!! To make this short- I had to spend four days in jail,for something that I was not only not guilty for, but was truley the victim instead. And to make it even worse- the arresting officer made sure they found an unpaid speeding ticket from 1993 that they claim I never paid!!!! (I have never not paid any moving violations citations I have ever been written!),so it was another day before my friend could come up with the extra 200.00 for that ticket before they would release me!!! I've been to court; They gave me one year probation requiring me to attend (and pay for!!!) an anger management class for 6 mos., plus a 40.00 supervision fee!! When I went to court, the last thing I planned on doing was to plead guilty to these charges,but the prosecutor did everything to convince me that taking this to a jury trial would not be to my best interest,and that the plea bargain they offered would be my least painful way to bring it all to an end,and that the fee for the classes required for me to attend were based on a "sliding scale fee", based on my income. ( I have no income, and made him aware of this,trying to sugguest maybe I could "work it off" through a community service program.--- I want to know if there is anything I can do to have this case reheard before a judge ,so that my side of this situation can be heard. I feel like the justice system has totally turned thier back on me,with a major injustice not only to myself,but the entire judicial system itself entirely. And in more ways than one in this case.... Is my chance for my voice to heard in this all lost ,since It's already gone to a court??? PLEASE, SOMEONE HELP ME TO BE HEARD!!
