Domestic Assault Attorney in Highlands Ranch, Colorado
What are some of the unique issues common to DV cases?
What are some of the unique issues common to DV cases?
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yeah So anytime you’re charged with a
domestic violence crime or the court
believes that there’s probable cause for
domestic violence crime they’re going to
require you to complete a firearm
affidavit What that means is that you
have to sign a form that says you either
own no firearms or that you’ve
relinquished this firearm or transferred
it to another individual Um that’s just
because whenever you’re under
investigation for a domestic violence
crime or charged with one you’re not
allowed to possess a firearm Um if you
don’t comply with this affidavit or if
the prosecution is able to find out that
you were lying on this affidavit you can
face new charges such as a violation of
protection order or other charges um and
consequences if you don’t complete the
firearm affidavit or if you’re not um
complying with it Another unique
circumstance you often find with
domestic violence crimes is a mandatory
protection order So statute requires
that a mandatory protection order be
issued anytime that there’s a domestic
violence crime Often this mandatory
protection order makes it so that you
cannot contact harass molest intimidate
or live in the home with the person who
is said to be the alleged victim Often
you need a lawyer to help you in
modifying this protection order that can
allow you to go back home or have
contact or things like that Um the third
circumstance is going to be that the
prosecutor has full discretion in
continuing to uh press charges So oftent
times in domestic violence just because
the alleged victim does not want to
press charges anymore and says that they
want the case dropped um that does not
mean that the the prosecutor drops the
case The prosecutor goes off the
evidence they have And while they’ll
consider the fact that that person
doesn’t want charges to be pressed
anymore and that they want the case to
be dismissed if the prosecutor believes
they have sufficient evidence to
continue forward with the case they’ll
continue to prosecute it no matter what
the alleged victim wants
Colorado Springs, CO criminal defense attorney Zoe Lavesque talks about some of the unique issues common to DV cases.
