Domestic Violence Battery
Battery is now taken seriously by prosecutor offices around the country. You need an experienced criminal attorney to help you avoid jail time and keep the battery offense off of your record. If you have been charged with battery, call attorney Brandon A. Thomas at (678) 862-9344.
Battery is a misdemeanor which invovles a harmful or offensive touching. Battery is generally using your hands to touch someone physically or even sexually. Often battery incidents occur in the heat of the moment and do not involve and premeditated intent to do harm. Many people are charged with battery and have never been charged with a crime before.
An attorney can help raise a defense for you to show: 1) victim was aggresor or had a role in the battery, 2) defendant acted out of character due to intoxication, 3) your record has been relatively clean before this incident, or 4) the victim does not want to prosecute against you.
As a standard condition of bond, generally a court is going to state that you cannot go on the premises where the battery occured out of concern for the victim's safety. This is a very difficult bond condition to bear because often this involves you being kicked out of your own house, and forced to find expensive options such as living in a hotel. An attorney can file a Motion to Amend Bond conditions to ask the judge to let you back in your house if the victim consents.
If you have been charged with battery, contact attorney Brandon A. Thomas at (678) 862-9344.