Domestic Battery

State v. Fernandez, Domestic Battery in the Presence of a Child, Malicious Injury To Property

This case started as a felony Attempted Strangulation.  The State ultimately dismissed the felony and proceeded to jury trial on the two misdemeanors.  After a day of trial that included numerous pictures of alleged injuries and property damage as well as police testimony of alleged admissions Mr. Fernandez made, the jury returned a swift and just NOT GUILTY verdict.

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State v. Flores, Domestic Battery in the Presence of a Child

This was another delayed reporting case in which wife called police at 10:00 PM on a Sunday evening to report the alleged battery from Wednesday night.  In the 911 call she proclaimed she wanted him arrested "for adultery, beating my ass, or ANYTHING."  It was clear to the jury this woman knew how to use the police department itself to control Mr. Flores whenever she became jealous for wrongly perceived infidelity.  NOT GUILTY

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State v. Archer, Domestic Battery in the Presence of a Child

Mr. Archer was married and about to file for divorce. After he was already moved out his wife called police and claimed he had battered her four days earlier. To bolster her claim, she told police that she had in fact called police the night of the incident and that they had responded. At trial the officer had to admit there was no record of the alleged earlier call to police. In an attempt to rehabilitate the case, the officer testified that losing these sort of records is not uncommon. The jury saw through the plethora of untruths in the case and found Mr. Archer NOT GUILTY.

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State v. Cox, Domestic Battery in the Presence of a Child

This domestic battery case involved a “victim” who was totally vindictive toward my client and cooperative with the State. To make matters worse, there was an independent witness old neighbor lady who testified she saw my client grab “victim” by the jacket and throw her off the front porch. Despite all this, the jury found Mr. Cox NOT GUILTY.

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