Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

Assault And Battery On Girlfriend

Me and my girlfriend were out at a party a week and half ago. I got into an altercation with some guys that were there. My girlfriend pushed me back and told me to stop and I nodged her over to the side to confront the people. Nothing ended up happening between us(me and the other guys). Eventually everyone left and me and my girlfriend were still there. I had been drinking all night, Im 21, and she was going to be the DD. We left and walked out to my car and got into an arguement about who was going to drive back and home and decided that since it was almost 6am it was easier to just sleep in my car. I slept in the passenger side, she slept on the driverside. About 20 minutes later after getting into the car, police arrived. About 30 minutes later, I was yanked out of my car through my window, put in handcuffs, and thrown in the back of a police car. The police spoke to my girlfriend, took pictures, came up and asked me what happened and almost immedeatley after asking me slammed the door. They took me to jail and held me there until I sobered up. I have court on the 24th of September and need to know what to do/what Im facing. My girlfriend told them nothing happened but they said it didnt matter since they had ''witnesses''.


Asked on 9/22/08, 5:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: Assault And Battery On Girlfriend

At your hearing scheduled for the 24th you should request a continuance in the matter of 30 days in order to allow you sufficient time for you to hire your own criminal defense counsel to represent you in this matter or, in the event that you cannot afford this expense on your own, you should then request that the court appoint such an attorney for you.

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Answered on 9/22/08, 5:57 pm


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