criminal confinement

[army43]

What is the name of your state? kentucky
my wife and i where out for a one night vaction at ceasars riverboat (indiana)and staying at the hotel, while gambling i became very intoxicated, after returning to our hotel room my wife went to get our clothing from the car. when she returned i had fallen asleep and she prepared for bed, she said that i suddenly appeared and accused her of sneaking up on me and i became violent and abusive and fleed the room. hotel security saw her and called the sheriff they told her they were going to arrest me and she said that she did not want to press charges but they said that they did not need her too that they could because they saw red marks on her, i was arrested on the chargesof assault and criminal confinement.
my wife has repeatdly told the prosecuters thatshe will not press chrges or testify against me, i have no memory of the events nor have i ever done anything like this before, i have a clean record and only one traffic ticket 24yrs ago. i have a hearing coming up in march, what am i looking at ?

 

[CALGON_ANYONE?]

What is the name of your state? kentucky
my wife and i where out for a one night vaction at ceasars riverboat (indiana)and staying at the hotel, while gambling i became very intoxicated, after returning to our hotel room my wife went to get our clothing from the car. when she returned i had fallen asleep and she prepared for bed, she said that i suddenly appeared and accused her of sneaking up on me and i became violent and abusive and fleed the room. hotel security saw her and called the sheriff they told her they were going to arrest me and she said that she did not want to press charges but they said that they did not need her too that they could because they saw red marks on her, i was arrested on the chargesof assault and criminal confinement.
my wife has repeatdly told the prosecuters thatshe will not press chrges or testify against me, i have no memory of the events nor have i ever done anything like this before, i have a clean record and only one traffic ticket 24yrs ago. i have a hearing coming up in march, what am i looking at ?

The state can press charges. Whether your wife want's it or not.

Dog, don't drink man.

 

[Born to Lease]

Another Calgon Moment...full of sound legal advice!

Your wife will best serve your fate by stating facts that are true regarding the events of that night. The State can and will proceed with the case against you, without the cooperation of your wife. However it might be in your best interest for her to cooperate--by telling the truth & describing the events--since she does not believe you knew what it was that you were doing, instead this was a reaction to her "sneaking up on you". By her refusing to cooperate at all leads one to wonder if she is not just another victim of domestic abuse, inclined to lie for the sake of protecting her abuser.

Do you have an attorney? If not, you should seek representation immediately. Medical Records, etc. could be necessary to prove this was a one-time occurance & these things take time. You will also want to be fully prepared--before you go to court.

 

[Crazyhorse]

go find some alcohol abuse specialist and give him money and have him give you some type of report to show the court.

do you have a gambling problem? if so... GREAT!!! go talk to a gambling specialist and maybe join gamblers anonymous.

judges love that ****.

 

[army43]

there is absolutly no history of physical abuse and/ or alcohol problems, also i have retained a attorney.
i have yet to go before a judge and be formally charged with anything, the charges that i stated were the one's that were told to me by the sherrif's department when i was released on bond.
the prosecuters will not even talk to my attorney.

 

[CALGON_ANYONE?]

Another Calgon Moment...full of sound legal advice!

Your wife will best serve your fate by stating facts that are true regarding the events of that night. The State can and will proceed with the case against you, without the cooperation of your wife. However it might be in your best interest for her to cooperate--by telling the truth & describing the events--since she does not believe you knew what it was that you were doing, instead this was a reaction to her "sneaking up on you". By her refusing to cooperate at all leads one to wonder if she is not just another victim of domestic abuse, inclined to lie for the sake of protecting her abuser.

Do you have an attorney? If not, you should seek representation immediately. Medical Records, etc. could be necessary to prove this was a one-time occurance & these things take time. You will also want to be fully prepared--before you go to court.

HEY! Leave my "Calgon-Moment's" alone. I told the poster the exact same thing as you. Don't like my name? Don't read my comments.

 

[army43]

so what if what i am getting in responses is true, that for this one time incident that i dont remember i could go to jail and the same people that the laws were designed to protect (my wife and children) will lose thier home and probably everything else since they depend upon my income. dont get me wrong i know that what i done was terrible and i am still trying to cope with that. there has not been a day gone by that i havent asked myself how i could have done such a thing to someone i love so much.
and not remembering it at all has caused me great stress, so where do i go from here ?

 

[Crazyhorse]

GO SEE A THERAPIST, OR A GAMBLING SPECIALIST OR JOIN SOME SUPPORT GROUPS OR SOMETHING... QUICK!!!

 

[HomeGuru]

GO SEE A THERAPIST, OR A GAMBLING SPECIALIST OR JOIN SOME SUPPORT GROUPS OR SOMETHING... QUICK!!!

**A: Please read Rule #4 above.

 

[Ramoth]

Army43, what you need to do is to let the judge see that you are making an effort to make sure this doesn't happen again. First, join AlAnon and stop drinking. I'm not saying you're an alcoholic, but this probably wouldn't have happened if you went to bed sober. Second, find a therapist and get counseling. It's not normal to try to kill someone for waking you up, so you need to get at the root cause of the behavior.

Yes, this may well be just so much psycho-babble, but if you can't show the judge that you're trying to be sure this doesn't happen again, he may decide that prison is best for you.