Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is when a person has willfully inflicted severe bodily injury upon his/her spouse or a co-habiting person.
Consequences for a conviction on the charge of Domestic Violence include:
- Mandatory domestic counseling
- Probation or parole
- Imprisonment
- Mandatory anger management class
- Significant fines
- Loss of the right to own a deadly weapon
- Punitive divorce court settlements
- Loss of custody and/or visitation rights with children
- Other
Criminal Defense
Defenses for Domestic Violence may potentially include:
- Proving act of self defense
- Showing insufficient evidence
- Proving factual innocence
- Proving act was justifiable / excusable
- Other
Our Criminal Case page provides more information on the following:
- Why you may receive a stiffer sentence
- What you can do to improve the outcome of your case
- What The Cochran Firm can do to help you