What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? OHIO
An old friend of mine started dating a guy back in January 2012. Shortly after she began seeing him she told me that he was facing jail time for biting off 3/4 of his exes' ear. She still chose to pursue it because they (he and the ex) had a very volatile relationship where they only drank/fought and he had no record of this behavior. We stopped speaking in June and began speaking again in late November. During this period she told me that he had attacked her in late August. She said that he slammed her against a wall (resulting in minor cuts/bruises), punched her face, tore her leg open with his mouth, and broke her left wrist. We have since stopped speaking again. I've voiced my reasons to a few people and one looked up the boyfriend on the court's website. The website said he was charged with disorderly conduct, intoxication, and paid a $382 fine.
I'm wondering how it's even possible to be charged with disorderly conduct when you tore someone's leg open and broke a bone. Even if she didn't want to press charges or would not willingly testify against him (though she was subpoened by the prosecutors for his trial). How could he get a relatively light charge for what he had (allegedly) done? I know priors aren't always brought into trial but shouldn't it at least be considered since his earlier attack on a previous girlfriend was so similar to this one? My friends and I haven't found any record of this past incident in any of the cities we know of him living in.
I've stopped talking to this woman because I and others have felt that she is a very manipulative person. I'd prefer to think I'm wrong about her lying about this particular thing but nothing is really adding up to me. Though, admittedly, I have very limited understanding of law. Someone told me that it depends on the municipality’s ability to press charges on behalf of a victim and the funding the courts have.
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An old friend of mine started dating a guy back in January 2012. Shortly after she began seeing him she told me that he was facing jail time for biting off 3/4 of his exes' ear. She still chose to pursue it because they (he and the ex) had a very volatile relationship where they only drank/fought and he had no record of this behavior. We stopped speaking in June and began speaking again in late November. During this period she told me that he had attacked her in late August. She said that he slammed her against a wall (resulting in minor cuts/bruises), punched her face, tore her leg open with his mouth, and broke her left wrist. We have since stopped speaking again. I've voiced my reasons to a few people and one looked up the boyfriend on the court's website. The website said he was charged with disorderly conduct, intoxication, and paid a $382 fine.
I'm wondering how it's even possible to be charged with disorderly conduct when you tore someone's leg open and broke a bone. Even if she didn't want to press charges or would not willingly testify against him (though she was subpoened by the prosecutors for his trial). How could he get a relatively light charge for what he had (allegedly) done? I know priors aren't always brought into trial but shouldn't it at least be considered since his earlier attack on a previous girlfriend was so similar to this one? My friends and I haven't found any record of this past incident in any of the cities we know of him living in.
I've stopped talking to this woman because I and others have felt that she is a very manipulative person. I'd prefer to think I'm wrong about her lying about this particular thing but nothing is really adding up to me. Though, admittedly, I have very limited understanding of law. Someone told me that it depends on the municipality’s ability to press charges on behalf of a victim and the funding the courts have.
If you need any more details or anything then please ask. Thank you in advance. If this is in the wrong place then say so and I'll move it.
