HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MAN HAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTION
CHARGE DISMISSED
State v. P.N.
Judge: Raiden
Date: May, 2008
Facts: The Defendant was accused by his
former-wife of violating a domestic violence injunction
that she had placed against him by having documents
dropped off to her by an unknown individual. The
documents were alleged to have contained statements in
them that were intended to intimidate the former-wife.
Our investigation revealed that the documents the
former-wife used to have the defendant prosecuted were
legitimate court documents that were provided to her as
discovery in another case. We argued that the court
could not deny access to the courts pursuant to the U.S.
Constitution and that the service of the alleged
document was necessary to proceed with the other
existing case.
Result: Case dismissed. |
