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Old 07-20-2010, 02:29 AM
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Exclamation Violation of victim and defendants rights????

My boyfriend got arrested on 10-31-07 and was in court until 2009. Originally, the charges were DV but were reduced to disorderly conduct and DUI, 3 years probation, 3 months in jail with work release with 3 months suspended. They never requested my presence and I was only notified of court dates until 2008. Recently he was doing a friend a favor and moved a bike not knowing his lic was suspended. I was at DMV with him when they told him it would be cleared up 2-1-10. He was pulled over and cited. tomorrow is his pretrial for the lic issue and violation of probation. Sunday he had a voice mail saying there was a warrant for his arrest.

I was the supposed to be victim originally. I was under a severe regiment of pain medications that were stronger than what is given to terminal cancer patients. I was on 300mg of fentanyl every 48 hrs which I is 100 times the strength of morphine, that does not include the other narcotics that i was on daily. I took upwards of 70 pills a day and literally did face plants in my food. I was not only allowed to sign affidavits but i was intentionally kept from the defenses attorney and told specifically that it was due to my medications. I was told by the prosecutor what to say during written statements and told when to stay away from the court room, I believe due to my intoxication level. The judge never saw me once. I tried to get ahold of the prosecutor several times and left several messages that were never returned. I made it clear that i was not comfortable with the situation but i have no proof of this, however, I do have proof of the amount of medications that i was on and that my doctor took me off of them a year and a half later due to his concern with my well being.

I feel strongly that I was taken advantage of and used as a dummy on the cop and the prosecutors lap. Until this call happened I had no idea what my rights were and disagreed with his sentencing when I FINALLY found out. If they can do this to the defendant, they can do this to anyone. I want to right a wrong. Can I do this and if so how? I strongly feel that there was gross negligence on their part against me and the defendant. I stopped 95% of my medications in early 2009.

From what I've read while on probation they can take him to jail at anytime. His life is doing so well and we are expecting a baby!

What are his rights? What are my rights? Can I do or say anything at court to stop or even reverse this all?
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Old 07-20-2010, 04:02 PM
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Have you browsed through the information in LawInfo's Free Legal Resource Center to learn more about your issue yet? See: http://www.lawinfo.com/consumer.html and http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/index.html. You can certainly try to speak to a lawyer to determine what legal options may be available. In the meantime, you may be able to learn more on your own. Search the "Free Legal Resources" tab, or browse the Consumer Resources. Good luck.
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