Q: How can terroristic threat charges be dropped due to medical issues?
I need help understanding how charges of terroristic threats against my husband can be dropped. He has severe medical issues affecting his mental state. He was admitted to UTMB with septic emboli and other complications. He left the hospital while paranoid and irrational, and after being found in a ditch by our niece, he was admitted to HCA Mainland Hospital under a court order preventing him from leaving. Despite his critical condition and hospitalization in ICU, he received a letter indicating charges and a warrant for terroristic threats. How can we address these charges given his medical circumstances?
A: Your husband is facing current legal issues regarding the terroristic threat-- it sounds like charges have been filed against him and a warrant has issued for his arrest. Those legal issues need to be handled by a criminal defense attorney because there are overwhelming credibility concerns at play when a defendant or his/her spouse attempts to resolve a case on their own. The lawyer you hire to handle the case ought to strongly argue your husband's medical status as a means of having the charges dismissed (hopefully) or otherwise diminished.
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