Legal Question in Personal Injury in California
PC273.5(A)
INF CORP INJ:SPOUSE/COHAB
PC245(A)(1)
FORCE/ADW NOT FIREARM:GBI
PC591
DAMAGE/ETC POWER LINES
how much time will you get with charges such as these?
if its a 1st time offense...
2 Answers from Attorneys
"How much time will I get" is a question posed by people who have given up. Those words bear the stench of death and defeat, of jail bars clanging shut, of future employment opportunities denied, of children you'll never get to see. Anybody with a calculator and a copy of the penal code can figure out the maximum state prison sentence for a DV with great bodily injury. The question you should be asking a lawyer is, "How do { fight this?"
The DA in their zeal will want a long time and Mr .Stone is right, you should fight this as many times the charges will not all hold up to the standard that the DA must demonstrate and many times the charges well exceed the actual state of the facts.It is easier to downgrade or eliminate a charge than it is to upgrade or add a charge.If you plead guilty to all of the charges as listed you will not see the light of day outside of prison for a long time.