Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

This is urgent! I need to get some advice before court, Monday at 8:00AM EST. A little bit of back information my be helpful..

My ex-boyfriend, who used to live with me, moved in next door with my neighbor who he's been somewhat dating. Lately, he has been realizing he still wants to be with me and has been causing a lot of stress in my life.

Moving on to last night...

I received a few texts and a call from him (he was drunk) that upset me, so I decided to go ahead and come home. When I arrived, he had put a whole bunch of garbage on my back porch (he has been doing this for the past week, even after me asking him to stop each time), so I got really angry and picked everything up and threw it at my neighbors wall. In the process, I accidentally hit their window and it broke. He came outside, very angry, and I slapped him in the face a couple times. Then he said something about the window and broke my roommates window. I hit him quite a few times more before he finally pulled me off of him (not really forceful at all, just enough to make me stop--he's 6'6" and i'm 5'4" so he didn't need to do much to get me off). My roommate thought he'd pushed me so she tried to jump in the middle and got pushed down in the process.. Not purposely, she just jumped into it.

She then decided to call the cops, and even after they told me I was the key person to the situation, and after me telling them the entire story, the decided to arrest him with battery!!

What can I do to make sure these charges are dropped?


Asked on 9/26/10, 9:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Phillip M. Cook Cook Legal Services, LLC

You cannot do anything to make sure the charges are dropped -- only the prosecutor can make that decision. With that said, the best thing you can do is hire a criminal defense lawyer for your ex-boyfriend to defend him -- you can probably find one at the Courthouse on Monday. You can also go to Court with your ex-boyfriend on Monday and explain to the judge (as a material witness to the case) that your roommate misunderstood the situation and that ex-boyfriend was acting in self defense. It would also help immensely if your roommate backed you up in her testimony. If she doesn't back you up, then it's your words vs. hers. It will then be up to the judge to decide whether what your ex-boyfriend did amounts to battery.

Best of luck.*******The above is for informational purposes only and does not create an attorney-client privilege.*******

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Answered on 10/02/10, 4:22 am


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