The situation is very complicated but i will explain....my friends and i were out and we all rode in the same car except one.The one who rode by herself was too drunk to drive so we took her keys.She went crazy on us and wouldnt get in the car so we left her.We felt bad for leaving her so we came back to get her...when we did she took OUR keys out the ignition and ran with them.I ran after her and attacked me(hit me in the face) ofcourse i hit back to defend myself.The cops came and gave us all summons to go to court.Was i in the wrong like should i be charged with ne thing?
2006-08-30 11:10:00 · 13 answers · asked by lizeeo 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I dont know, but you should watch out more in the future to avoid situations like this. Think about situations like this and watch out who you hang out with.
2006-08-30 11:13:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO, this is not self-defense.
In a case such as this, your legal duty is to get away from the situation whether it is by running, crawling, driving (if you werent drinking), biking, swimming, jumping, skipping, etc. The point is that if you are getting into a fight, you are required to retreat, not protect yourself. The place where self-defense is an acceptable defense is in the home, this is because a person has no where else to retreat to, so s/he must protect him/herself there.
You generally cant claim self defense if you are out in the streets because you could have easily gotten away from the situation.
The judge will be the one to decide the facts here but it sounds a bit fishy. To begin with, she was a girl, not that they are any less superior, but men generally are much stronger than women, so I think you hit her out of frustration, not out of self-defense. If it were me, I would probably charge you with misdemeanor battery or something of that nature because self-defense simply does not fit the circumstance here.
I do not think you are telling the complete story especially if there was alchohol involved.
2006-08-30 11:58:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you had to hit her to get her off of you then yes it is self defense. If you hit her only because she hit you first, then no it was not self defense and the court would not look at it that way. Just explain your situation to the judge and he-she might understand, especially if you have never been in any legal trouble. Make sure you choose to speak to the D.A. before you plead guilty or not guilty. The DA will lessen your charge.
2006-08-30 11:18:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first off self defence is protecting your self. if you were protecting your self you would not have ran after the girl. she was protecting herself by running from you. sucks, but that is the way it is. you may be able to claim self defence for trying to not get hit again, but the judge will ask you why you stood there and let her hit you , why didn't you turn and run? i don't think he will give you any charges, but he may ask why you endangered your girlfriend by leaving her in a state of unstability, where she could have been hurt or abducted by any other persons. it was irresponcible of all of you to leave her under the circumstances. and for her to be outraged by the time you all returned to her, is just a small thing to have to deal with. anything could have happened to her in the meanwhile. thank the heavens she isnt missing or dead.
2006-08-30 11:26:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds pretty simple to me. You're running with a bad crowd, and may very well be charged for fighting. The "of course I hit back to defend myself" won't impress the judge a bit, unless you suffered significant injury and had witnesses to verify that you couldn't get away from your friend and didn't hit her until it was necessary to avoid further injury.
If you chased her and she accidently fell, hit her head and died, where do you think you would be?
2006-08-30 11:22:56 · answer #5 · answered by senior citizen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make your selection....it really is God's direction, each selection or non selection has a series of envisioned and unpredicted consequences. Beingh accused of something in accordance to social regulations is fairly unimportant to God, yet i'd recommend to step in and keep the danger free from being robbed of existence or toime or possession, even once you should danger committing sin.....i'd say certain!
2016-12-06 00:19:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are friends you will not go to court over it as all this is going to do is created bad blood among you. Who called the cops? They are the last people you want to call. Having to pay a fine is not going to help anyone but help to support the lavish lifestyle of the politicians. I can't say if you were wrong or right as I have not heard the others side of the story but whoever called the cops was wrong.
2006-08-30 11:17:35 · answer #7 · answered by Billy M 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Drunks are obnoxious. If someone hit's me I'm sure gonna hit back, but when someone's drunk they really don't know what they're doing at the time. Hope you can stay away from situation's like this one.
2006-08-30 11:18:22 · answer #8 · answered by wolverine1usa2002 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Usually the cops will not sort out who hit who first. That's why you got a summons for court. It'll be up to the judge to sort it out..Explain your story to him.
2006-08-30 11:16:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell the Judge EXACTLY what happened. Don't try to make what you did sound better. I think you will be OK unless you hit her after she stopped fighting with you.
2006-08-30 11:16:13 · answer #10 · answered by Repub-lick'n 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋