Consequences of Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is defined as a person willfully inflicted bodily injury upon their spouse, or the person they are co-habiting with, and the bodily injury resulted in a traumatic condition.
Consequences for the conviction of Domestic Violence may potentially include:
- Domestic counseling
- Probation or parole
- Imprisonment
- Anger management class
- Significant fines
- Loss of the right to possess a gun or deadly weapon
- Presumption you are an unfit parent under the Family Code
- Future enhancements
- Other
Likelihood of any of the above consequences depends on the following factors:
- Prior similar convictions
- Any other prior convictions
- Currently on probation or parole
- Attitude of community and court toward this type of crime
- Degree of media attention on case
- Mitigating/aggravating circumstance
- Other
Defenses for Domestic Violence may potentially include:
- Self defense
- Insufficient evidence
- Factual innocence
- Other