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Editor: Tampa Criminal Attorneys
Profession: Tampa Defense Attorneys

Category: Domestic Violence

Our client was a retired military veteran who held a high security clearance with Central Command. He was employed by a private company that worked closely with the military. His wife received injuries to her arm during a verbal altercation that turned violent. She claimed that the defendant (our client) took her to the ground and struck her in the face. The client also received scratches on his neck and an injury to his face where she struck him with a bible cover.

According to the client his wife suffered from mental health issues that created a number of severe mood swings. Hours after this altercation occurred the client went to take a shower. During that time his wife came into the bathroom to pray with him. Shortly after his shower he found his wife in the living room despondent. For no apparent reason she got up and ran outside and asked the neighbors to call police.

Domestic Violence Injunction

Before the police arrived the defendant left the home and hired us to fight the charge. The wife also filed a petition for a domestic violence injunction. This case was long and arduous because it required preparation for two separate trials. First we addressed the wife's allegations in front of the Domestic Violence Injunction Court. During the hearing the wife conceded that after the supposed physical abuse on the part of her husband she not only stayed in the home, but also went to the bathroom to pray with her husband. These facts contradicted the idea that she was abused and in fear of her husband. Despite a much lower standard of proof in the domestic injunction court the judge dismissed the wife's petition for injunction.

Criminal Trial for Domestic Violence

The same contradiction raised in front of the Domestic Injunction Judge was also brought to the attention Judge Artemus McNeal in Plant City. Based photographs that also contradicted the wife's testimony and other evidence the Court found the client not guilty. For more information about domestic violence in tampa link to tampa criminal attorney.