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ANATOMY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFENSE, PART 5 – THE PRELIMINARY HEARING

ANATOMY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFENSE, PART 5 – THE PRELIMINARY HEARING ***We have to begin by assuming that we are actually going to HAVE a preliminary hearing. This would be if we could not convince the prosecutor to drop the case, and we could not negotiate a plea acceptable to you. We must also assume that after receiving advice from your lawyers we jointly decided