A fight outside a bar in downtown Modesto, a shoving match that got out of hand, a moment of bad temper someone recorded on a phone. Assault and battery charges often grow out of a single chaotic incident, and the version the police write down is rarely the whole story.
How the District Attorney files it makes all the difference. Simple battery is a misdemeanor. But add a weapon, a serious injury, or a claim that you targeted a police officer, and it can become a felony.
Karan prosecuted violent felonies in Stanislaus County, so he knows how the DA decides whether a scuffle gets charged as a misdemeanor or pumped up into a strike. He knows these cases often ignore the obvious question of who started it. Self-defense and defense of another are real defenses in California, and so is the simple fact that the supposed victim swung first. He saw how witness accounts conflict, how injuries get blamed on the wrong person, and how a heated argument gets recast as a criminal attack.
Call The Saini Law Firm at 209-809-1634 for a free consultation and let Karan tell the side of the story the police report left out.