Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Charges Can Have Serious Consequences

Not every encounter with the police leads to a criminal conviction. Criminal trials account for only a small proportion of cases, but the statistics that say that about six percent of criminal cases go to trial, while 94 percent end with guilty pleas, do not tell the whole story. There are also cases where the state drops the charges before the trial, as well as those that fizzle out before the defendant even enters a plea. Police get numerous calls every week about domestic violence, and most of these do not end up with anyone serving a prison sentence. Domestic violence cases are among the most likely to blow over before anyone gets criminal penalties, because the parties involved are, by definition, members of the same family or partners in a romantic relationship. If the parties reconcile, they may want to put the incident behind them without pursuing legal action. Even without a conviction, the record of a domestic violence arrest, even if it is a misdemeanor, can affect you adversely in other venues, including but not limited to family court. If you are facing criminal charges after your spouse called the police during a fight, contact a West Palm Beach domestic battery lawyer.

South Florida Restaurant Owner Faces Misdemeanor Charges for Domestic Battery

There are two types of people in the world, the ones that complain endlessly and the ones who know that work is a vacation from your home life. A man who owns a successful restaurant with two locations in South Florida got into a heated confrontation with his wife at the couple’s home, and she called the police. When the officers arrived, they asked the spouses to tell their respective versions of the story. Except for the part where the couple was arguing in their bedroom upstairs until the wife went downstairs and called 911, their versions of events diverged.

The wife said that, while the two were arguing in the bedroom, her husband grabbed her by the neck and tried to hit her head against the wall, and then when she ran out of the room, he followed her, making verbal threats. The husband said that he did not threaten his wife or follow her out of the room; he made it sound like, when she left, he stayed quiet to de-escalate the situation, while she called the police. He said that he did not touch her at all during the confrontation, except when she lunged at him, and he grabbed her wrists to block her.

Cases like this are virtually impossible to prosecute unless the accuser agrees to testify. If the defendant’s wife agrees to testify in this case, it will likely be her word against the defendant’s, since there were no other eyewitnesses to the incident.

Contact a West Palm Beach Criminal Defense Lawyer Today

Attorney William Wallshein has more than 41 years of experience, including five years as a prosecutor in Palm Beach County.  Contact William Wallshein P.A. in West Palm Beach, Florida to discuss your case.

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