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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Kansas
I have very serious mental illnesses that cause me to lose touch with reality, panic, become unruly, etc. A few weeks ago my "episodes" were triggered by a variety of events and extreme stress. To make matters worse, my husband and I were drinking alcohol. He tried to console me various times throughout the day, but to make a long story short, I completely freaked out. I did terrible things to our house and self-harmed (cutting) as well. I slammed his hand in the dryer door, and was screaming at him. I drunkenly stumbled into the hall and started to fall down the stairs. My husband tried to stop me from falling and I thought he was trying to hurt me. This has happened before with my illness- partially because of PTSD. I locked myself in a room and called my sister and told her that my husband was trying to kill me, etc. She called the police. My husband had gone to bed. He was sound asleep when the police arrived. I was so out of it that all I could do was stumble around like an idiot> They didn't ask me many questions, but took a picture of my neck where I had injured myself falling. I told them my husband did it. I really believed this at the time. But it was part of my illness.
They arrested my husband and charged him with Domestic Battery. I did not give a written statement. I was still out of it the next day, but reality started piecing itself back together. I called the District Attorney to explain about my illness and that I had been intoxicated but they would not let me talk to him. I was instructed by his assistant to write a letter recanting my statements from the time of the incident and to provide proof that I have mental illness. I did so, but have not heard anything at all.
Can they use anything I said as evidence in this case since I recanted? Given my mental condition at the time and the fact that I was very intoxicated? I am extremely torn up about this, which is causing even more mental triggers. My husband goes to court tomorrow. There have been other encounters with the police here in the past- and even though this should help prove that I have severe problems, I'm afraid it will be used against my husband instead.
Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to help my husband? He did not harm me at all. This is all a result of me having another breakdown- nothing he did.
I have very serious mental illnesses that cause me to lose touch with reality, panic, become unruly, etc. A few weeks ago my "episodes" were triggered by a variety of events and extreme stress. To make matters worse, my husband and I were drinking alcohol. He tried to console me various times throughout the day, but to make a long story short, I completely freaked out. I did terrible things to our house and self-harmed (cutting) as well. I slammed his hand in the dryer door, and was screaming at him. I drunkenly stumbled into the hall and started to fall down the stairs. My husband tried to stop me from falling and I thought he was trying to hurt me. This has happened before with my illness- partially because of PTSD. I locked myself in a room and called my sister and told her that my husband was trying to kill me, etc. She called the police. My husband had gone to bed. He was sound asleep when the police arrived. I was so out of it that all I could do was stumble around like an idiot> They didn't ask me many questions, but took a picture of my neck where I had injured myself falling. I told them my husband did it. I really believed this at the time. But it was part of my illness.
They arrested my husband and charged him with Domestic Battery. I did not give a written statement. I was still out of it the next day, but reality started piecing itself back together. I called the District Attorney to explain about my illness and that I had been intoxicated but they would not let me talk to him. I was instructed by his assistant to write a letter recanting my statements from the time of the incident and to provide proof that I have mental illness. I did so, but have not heard anything at all.
Can they use anything I said as evidence in this case since I recanted? Given my mental condition at the time and the fact that I was very intoxicated? I am extremely torn up about this, which is causing even more mental triggers. My husband goes to court tomorrow. There have been other encounters with the police here in the past- and even though this should help prove that I have severe problems, I'm afraid it will be used against my husband instead.
Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to help my husband? He did not harm me at all. This is all a result of me having another breakdown- nothing he did.