Q: can past charges of fictitious name to officer forgery and false documents be used to discredit in a protection order
false protection order on me. final hearing in 2 days i cant get attorney. she has no police reports or evidence. her aunt may witness on her behalf and lie. can i use her past criminal history to discredit her testimony? forging priv. documents, fictitious name to avoid pro....fraudulent documents.
A: You can do so if they are convictions, and you obtain certified copies of the convictions from the court, or perhaps if the convictions occurred in the same court you are appearing in on the protective order, you can reference those cases by case number and the court can check the dockets if they have access to them in the courtroom. Most judges have computers at hand these days. Otherwise, the burden of proof is on you to present evidence of the convictions. Just standing there saying the witness has these convictions will not meet the burden of producing evidence to support your claims in this regard.
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