Claris Law Legal Blogging Community

Editor: Tampa Criminal Attorneys
Profession: Tampa Defense Attorneys

Category: Domestic Violence

Our client went out with his daughter and his son-in-law to dinner. After having a number of drinks both he and his daughter engaged in a verbal altercation that escalated to physical violence. After they got home his daughter insisted on taking the car. Her father (our client) refused to let her have the keys. When the daughter tried to start the car her father reached in and took them out of her hands. The fight continued in the home when the father struck his daughter in an attempt to get the keys. When the police arrived they interviewed all the parties. They chose to arrest the father. During our representation the daughter (victim) was willing to acknowledge that she was the aggressor, but it did not deter the Clearwater Prosecutor from pursuing the charge to trial. He claimed he could prove the case with the testimony of an independent witness that called 911 that night. We requested the 911 tape in discovery. The caller was unable to adequately identify the father as the person who struck the victim while she was in the car.

We told the prosecutor we were happy to take the case to trial. On the morning of trial the prosecutor offered the client a plea to the lesser of disorderly conduct. We rejected it. The prosecutor talked to his supervisor, and the case was dismissed. Domestic violence charges follow the same pattern whether they occur in Clearwater, Tampa, or anywhere else. There are numerous obstacles every prosecutor must overcome before they can successfully prosecute domestic violence charges.

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