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preraphaelite) wrote2014-07-11 04:59 pm
preraphaelite) wrote2014-07-11 04:59 pm
Restraining order violations
I was going to post this in the relevant thread, but see that they are now locked. So:
By the way, if anyone is curious or confused about the dynamics of how one violates a restraining order, and the impact of stuff like accident and reasonable beliefs and all, I will point out what I often like to remind people to try when they are confused about the elements of a crime: try reading the publicly available jury instructions for that offense! They aren't always a model of clarity, but they generally shed some light in a more layperson-friendly way than statutes or case law.
So, here's the model instruction on violation of a restraining order:
http://www.mass.gov/courts/docs/courts-and-judges/courts/district-court/jury-instructions-criminal/6000-9999/6720-violation-of-abuse-prevention-order.pdf
By the way, if anyone is curious or confused about the dynamics of how one violates a restraining order, and the impact of stuff like accident and reasonable beliefs and all, I will point out what I often like to remind people to try when they are confused about the elements of a crime: try reading the publicly available jury instructions for that offense! They aren't always a model of clarity, but they generally shed some light in a more layperson-friendly way than statutes or case law.
So, here's the model instruction on violation of a restraining order:
http://www.mass.gov/courts/docs/courts-and-judges/courts/district-court/jury-instructions-criminal/6000-9999/6720-violation-of-abuse-prevention-order.pdf
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