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A simple argument between husbands and wives, or even BFF’s can turn into a life-changing event when overzealous law enforcement decides to take a minor family dispute and instead turn it into an arrest and a criminal prosecution.
An arrest anywhere is bad news: An arrest in the Treasure Coast is worse, as the treatment of arrested people HERE (in this charming hamlet-by-the-sea), can be by tradition and ritual more harsh and punitive than many other jurisdictions throughout the State. A spouse battery dismissed in Dade, Broward or Palm Beach Counties can morph into a year in the county jail or jail plus onerous conditions when charged on the Treasure Coast!
That’s why you need Local, experienced lawyers who are familiar with the judges, cops and prosecutors when arrested anywhere on the Treasure Coast. Kirschner & McEnery law knows the players; knows the power brokers, and most importantly know how to approach a case aggressively, take it to trial, and WIN!
The days of “live and let live” are over; when it comes to the arena of domestic disputes. These days, law enforcement’s answer to domestic violence allegations is to “arrest everyone and let the courts sort it out later”.
To be sure, there exists a “cycle of violence”. It is also just as true that many litigants, especially in dissolution of marriage proceedings, abuse the criminal and civil justice systems in order to obtain unfair advantage against their spouses. Much of the time, Prosecutors and Judges are able to discern those persons who attempt to abuse the justice system to gain their own personal advantage, and dismiss these cases accordingly.
But Judges and Prosecutors are only human. They make mistakes. And it is then that innocent, wrongfully accused citizens lose their homes, their money, access to their children, and even their liberty. (For more detailed information concerning Florida Law in these areas, feel free to peruse Chs. 741 & 784, Fla. Stats.
When it happens, the staff at Kirschner & McEnery Law stands ready to right the wrong; to vindicate the wrongfully accused; to make the justice system work in the way that it should.
Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer Jonathan Jay Kirschner, Esq., still believes in “innocent until proven guilty”. The State of Florida in these cases, and in all criminal cases, must be held to the ultra-high standard of proof beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt.
If you are wrongfully accused of an unjust battery or domestic violence charge, contact Kirschner & McEnery Law immediately. When life, liberty and property are at stake, it’s no time to delay.
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