As a domestic violence victim, I have read a lot of how excited utterances by victims can be used in trial as testimony of what happened, particularly in cases where a victim has changed their story. I’m curious if it can also be used if the defendant changes their story. I’m asking because...
Thank you for your response. Can you elaborate about the broadness of the other reply? Are you saying that there is the option for a judge to allow prior acts to be admitted if they choose? Or does the law strictly prohibit certain information regardless of what the judge thinks?
Thank you for the response. I understand what you, and the law, are saying, but isn’t him being painted as this nonviolent person also prejudicial to the jury and gives him up the upper hand in projecting this image that he is a nonviolent person who only attacked me because of this lie that I...
Thank you for your response. Naturally, I’m not going to do anything other than what the State says is permitted, but I thought by law domestic violence victims have a right to mention past abuse. So, is this one of those things that can change according to the circumstances of each case?
I thought DV victims were allowed to mention prior abuse at trial, but I’ve been told by the ASA that I may not to be able to bring up my ex’s “prior bad acts” or it may cause a mistrial. I believe this is because the defense has requested to suppress the mention of bad acts and some other legal...