Q: My drunk mom was yelling at me to get out of our house where we live together.
She then was blocking me from getting a hoodie out of my room so I tried to move her out of the way. She was so inebriated that she tripped and fell and hit her forehead on the door jamb and got a black eye. My wife called the police on her because it was not safe to have our one year old son there. My mother was very belligerent. The police showed up and arrested me for domestic violence because of the injury to her. Once she sobered up and realized what happened, she wants the charges on me to be dropped. Do you think the DV will be dropped? No priors. Always have been a good citizen.
A: Prosecutors are loath to drop domestic violence cases simply because the victim’s story changes. That happens all the time. It sound like there may be at least one somewhat independent witness in your wife. You should work with a lawyer to present your defense.
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