Legal Question in Criminal Law in Missouri
How can we beat a domestic assault? Last year I called the police after a dispute between my bf and I, they came out and I told them I didnt want to press charges or fill out a report. However, now my bf is facing an domestic assault charge and has to go to court. How can we get these charges dropped?
2 Answers from Attorneys
It sounds like your bf needs to hire an attorney to help the prosecutor decide to dismiss the case or accept a reasonable plea deal. Once you called to report domestic abuse, you cannot decide to have the charges
.Dropped.
Good luck
I have handled a large number of similar cases. In some jurisdictions a defense attorney can persuade the prosecutor to drop the charge, but in most jurisdictions the prosecutor is tired of having people in your position change their minds. In reality, a lot of women do change their minds and the prosecutor has seen some of those women after the boyfriend has assaulted her at some later date. I agree with the answer posted above that your boyfriend should hire an attorney. As I said earlier, I have handled many of these cases over the last thirty-three years, and he may call me for a free telephone consultation.
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