Domestic Violence was Self Defense The Defendant Acted in Self-Defense Use of force against a spouse or cohabitant that is committed in self-defense or in defense of another person is not a crime. The California Criminal Jury Instructions explain the law of self-defense as follows: The defendant is not guilty
What if the Domestic Violence Victim is Lying? One obvious defense to a domestic violence charge is to attack the credibility of the accuser. If a jury does not that believe an accuser’s story is true, technical legal terms and their definitions may not matter. There are a number of
Required Relationship for Domestic Violence What is the Required Relationship for Domestic Violence? And what if Defendant does Not Have the Required Relationship for Domestic Violence with the Alleged Domestic Violence Victim? In some domestic violence cases, it may be a viable defense to argue that the defendant does not
Legal Definition of Domestic Violence California Penal code section 13700 defines domestic violence as “abuse committed against an adult or a minor who is a spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or person with whom the suspect has had a child or is having or has had a dating or
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