Domestic violence crimes are given high priority in San Luis Obispo County and are aggressively prosecuted by the District Attorney's Office. Normally when police are called out on a complaint for domestic violence, someone is going to jail. Normally they charge the offense as a felony to allow the police to take the person into custody.
Even if the person who complained tells the officer that he or she doesn't want the person arrested, it doesn't matter. The police will make the arrest anyway. That's how aggressively domestic violation cases are handled.
If you are charged with domestic violence, even before you are convicted, you can lose the right to own or possess a weapon and have a "Stay Away" restraining order issued, which prevents you from returning to your own home or seeing or having contact with your children.
If convicted, it gets even worse. The restraining order can remain in effect for the full length of your probation (normally 3 years.) In addition, you would be ordered to pay a fine, attend and pay for a year-long "Batterer's Treatment Program," possibly have to serve extensive jail time and be prohibited from owning or possessing firearms.
Thus, facing such serious possible consequences, you need a skilled San Luis Obispo County domestic violence attorney to protect your rights and to properly prepare and present your case.
San Luis Obispo Domestic Violence Attorney
At the law firm of Wilson & Wilson, we have the comprehensive knowledge to investigate all details of domestic violence cases. In order to achieve the best possible outcome, I will fight to get your case dismissed or get the charges reduced to a misdemeanor. In many cases I have been able to convince the court to not impose a "Stay Away" restraining order but instead allow you re-entry to your own home and the ability to see your children. Many times the police only have half of the story of what went on. Thus it is very important to quickly retain a domestic violence attorney to investigate the incident in order to properly prepare a winning defense.
To talk about any aspect of a domestic violence charge in a free initial consultation call California lawyer Denton Wilson at 805-762-4558 or e-mail him here.
