nightwater
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
HELP!!!
Basically last month I was arrested and jailed in los Angeles CA for domestic violence against my live in boyfriend. I believe the whole issue was caused due to the fact that I stopped taking my psych medication a couple weeks earlier and I had a really bad reaction to alcohol. We were leaving a club and I guess I started fighting with him in the car and almost made him crash the car. We got out of the car and I am told I started hitting and kicking him in the middle of the street. A tow truck driver saw what was happening and called the police. The police came and took a statement from my boyfriend and the man who called the police. I was then taken to jail for 2 days and released on OCR When I went to court with my boyfriend I explained to my public defender what had happened and she tried to have the charges dismissed because,
1. I have a perfect record and have never ever been in trouble with the law-
2. The whole thing stemmed from a terrible reaction to alcohol that was caused by me quitting my medication. I have never blacked out before- I really did not even drink very much and if I was on my psych medication – there is no way this would have happened
3. My boyfriend does not want to press charges at all- matter of fact we plan on getting married. I have never hit him or acted violent to him ever!
4. She also thought that I was defiantly punished enough already by going to jail.
The prosecutor would not drop the case when we went to court, her justification was that if this was the other way around- (my bf doing this to me) it would be unacceptable. I did not plead guilty and we have to go back to court on Friday. I really don’t want to plead guilty because I really don’t want to have a criminal record, as I am planning on starting new career that might check these things. I also work 60 hours a week currently and have absolutely no time to go to anger management classes. I am far from an angry person and I don’t need them at all! I don’t have very much money at all but I am willing to sell some of my valuables to pay for a lawyer if I have to. I really don’t even know where to start looking for one though, and I am not sure how much a lawyer would cost me anyway. Any help would be highly appreciated in this matter.
HELP!!!
Basically last month I was arrested and jailed in los Angeles CA for domestic violence against my live in boyfriend. I believe the whole issue was caused due to the fact that I stopped taking my psych medication a couple weeks earlier and I had a really bad reaction to alcohol. We were leaving a club and I guess I started fighting with him in the car and almost made him crash the car. We got out of the car and I am told I started hitting and kicking him in the middle of the street. A tow truck driver saw what was happening and called the police. The police came and took a statement from my boyfriend and the man who called the police. I was then taken to jail for 2 days and released on OCR When I went to court with my boyfriend I explained to my public defender what had happened and she tried to have the charges dismissed because,
1. I have a perfect record and have never ever been in trouble with the law-
2. The whole thing stemmed from a terrible reaction to alcohol that was caused by me quitting my medication. I have never blacked out before- I really did not even drink very much and if I was on my psych medication – there is no way this would have happened
3. My boyfriend does not want to press charges at all- matter of fact we plan on getting married. I have never hit him or acted violent to him ever!
4. She also thought that I was defiantly punished enough already by going to jail.
The prosecutor would not drop the case when we went to court, her justification was that if this was the other way around- (my bf doing this to me) it would be unacceptable. I did not plead guilty and we have to go back to court on Friday. I really don’t want to plead guilty because I really don’t want to have a criminal record, as I am planning on starting new career that might check these things. I also work 60 hours a week currently and have absolutely no time to go to anger management classes. I am far from an angry person and I don’t need them at all! I don’t have very much money at all but I am willing to sell some of my valuables to pay for a lawyer if I have to. I really don’t even know where to start looking for one though, and I am not sure how much a lawyer would cost me anyway. Any help would be highly appreciated in this matter.