{"id":3460,"date":"2013-05-27T19:41:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T19:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/dropping-charges-domestic-violence-case\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T20:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T20:47:13","slug":"dropping-charges-domestic-violence-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/dropping-charges-domestic-violence-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropping Charges in a Domestic Violence Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flockoflegals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/errol_cook_esq2.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-352\" alt=\"errol_cook,_esq2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flockoflegals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/errol_cook_esq2.bmp\" \/><\/a>Many defendants, especially in domestic violence cases, incorrectly believe that the alleged victim can simply <a title=\"How to Drop Charges in a Domestic Violence Case\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southerncaliforniacriminalattorney.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;drop the charges.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a>Victims of domestic violence do have rights and can &#8220;request&#8221; that charges in a criminal case be dropped, but they can&#8217;t drop the case.\u00a0 The fact that the alleged victim is making the request that the domestic violence-related charges be dropped may be a factor in any subsequent prosecution&#8230;.usually to the benefit of the defendant.<\/p>\n<p>Each prosecuting agency, whether it be the City Attorney or the District Attorney, have different policies regarding domestic violence cases.\u00a0 A misdemeanor in some cities or counties may be a felony charge in other cities and counties.\u00a0 Contacting a lawyer prior to police contact is critical to a just and fair resolution to any domestic violence case.<\/p>\n<p>Errol Cook, Esq.<\/p>\n<p>(877) 737-2004<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many defendants, especially in domestic violence cases, incorrectly believe that the alleged victim can simply &#8220;drop the charges.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Victims of domestic violence do have rights and can &#8220;request&#8221; that charges in a criminal case be dropped, but they can&#8217;t drop the case.\u00a0 The fact that the alleged victim is making the request that the domestic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california-criminal-law-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5410,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3460\/revisions\/5410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}