QUESTION
Can I be forced to testify in a domestic abuse case against my husband?
Asked on Sep 02nd, 2015 on Criminal Law - Alabama
More details to this question:
My husband was charged with Domestic Abuse in 2014. I learned after the incident that medication was the cause of the violent outbreak. I dropped charges but the state is going forward.
1 ANSWER
No, you as the victim may drop your charges at any time. The DA will threaten that he will prosecute you for filing a false report but they rarely do so. It is typically a tactic to get you to follow through with the case since they don't like to withdraw or dismiss cases. But even if they did charge you with filing a false report - it is not false. New evidence came to light that was in regards to why the incident happened.
Answered on Sep 04th, 2015 at 5:29 PM