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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE BAY AREA – ROLE OF COMPLAINING WITNESS

Rabin Nabizadeh
February 18, 2017

Arrested for Domestic Violence in the Bay Area? One of the most common questions Domestic Violence arrests provoke is what is the role of the complaining witness in deciding to or influencing charging and prosecution. DOES VICTIM HAVE TO TESTIFY? It is well known that a victim of domestic violence does not choose whether charges […]

Danger of False Allegations in California (CA Penal Code §182(2))

Rabin Nabizadeh
May 9, 2013

Even though a guilty verdict has been returned in the killing of Travis Alexander (formerly of Riverside, CA), many of us wonder about Jodi Arias’s (formerly of Salinas, CA) claims of self-defense against Alexander.  Arias still maintains, for example, that Alexander was abusive toward her, causing, in the end, his own death at her hand […]