The criminal offense that must occur first before a domestic violence enhancement can be applied.
“you can't have just one blanket domestic violence charge it has to be applied to another offense typically what we see is we see something like an assault charged as an act of domestic violence so in order for there to be a dv charge as we typically hear it heard there has to first be a criminal act then there has to be an intimate relationship between the two people involved in the act”
“there has to first be a criminal act then there has to be an intimate relationship between the two people involved in the act”
Alexis explains: "there has to first be a criminal act then there has to be an intimate relationship between the two people involved in the act"
Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip ↗Alexis explains: "you can't have just one blanket domestic violence charge it has to be applied to another offense typically what we see is we see something like an assault charged as an act of domestic violence so in order for there to be a dv charge as we typically hear it heard there has to first be a criminal act then there has to be an intimate relationship between the two people involved in the act"
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Got into a DV case because of an ex I let back in the home and made my life very hard
he fought hard for me
they dismissed the whole case
their belief of my side and story and their knowledge in the legal system they were able to get my case dismissed
get my case dismissed