Congratulations to Ron Ridehalgh on another contested show cause hearing victory for a client in the Domestic Violence Deferred Sentencing Program!

Mr. Ridehalgh’s client is a participant in the DVDS program.  At the beginning of this program he was not allowed to have contact with his wife.  During his supervision, Mr. Ridehalgh’s client disclosed that his wife had called him to tell him that their son was in the hospital and texted him a picture of the injury their son had suffered.  The prosecution decided to prosecute Mr. Ridehalgh’s client because of this contact.  Naturally, Mr. Ridehalgh opposed this prosecution and established that the facts were as referenced here (there was also a time when the wife had tried to talk with Mr. Ridehalgh’s client during an exchange of their son).  The judge agreed with Mr. Ridehalgh and found that this was not a violation!