Will I get charged with anything if I was defending myself in my own home?

mak

You have witnesses to what happened so no, I don't believe you could possibly be charged with anything. You asked him to leave and he wouldn't and then he started getting violent, i would have done the same thing.

jay v

self defenc is your mo u needed to remove him so u did but hitting him with a bottle no good bro now theres a pos of a use of a wepon and that chrage is felony in your home or notsorry bro and he got a mandate to file befor the court within 90 days

coan2007

No not even if you kill him but you better be able to justify your actions.

cprucka

anything is possible!

Dr. Answers

well you can because you used a beer bottle as a weapond and if he presses charges against you thats what he can use as his arguement cause he wasnt attacking you and you didnt use it for self defense you used it to calm him down which you did but not in a safe way

*****

If you get hurt will committing a crime, you generally CANNOT be held criminally liable for hurting the perpetrator. However, he can sue you in civil court, and civil court is a crapshoot. It could very well go in his favor. Sorry, I know you didn't want to hear this, but that is how crazy the law is.

American Girl

Depends on your state. In some states, they might view the use of the beer bottle as "excessive force," or use of the bottle as a "weapon."
Even in a case where you're 100% in the right, you could get charged with a crime... which you will have to bear the cost to defend (right or wrong).
How long he has depends on the statutes in your state.

2Bad4U

Its okay to defend yourself or friend...get all your friends to write down what happened,so they don't forget. Get your ducks in a row and you will be fine.

mike hunt

file a report with the cops.get your side out there.get as many witnesses as you can.i wasnt there obviously but ive been in your situation and i can tell you get your side out there.its a pain in the *** but cover yours.as long as your ok with what happened and what you did,defend yourself.

Masho

I think you could get charged for assault because you did use a bottle to hit him with and you said he shoved your friend, not you. He didn't hit anyone nor use a "weapon" even though it was in your apartment. If you wanted him out and he didn't leave, the judge would ask you why you didn't call the cops to remove him.

Life in the slow lane

Usually an assault charge of any consequence is filed directly from the ER during the time of treatment. Don't hit people with beer bottles. It's hard to recycle if it's broken and it's a terrible waste of beer.

annieboston123

If this guy is such a weiner that he is going to start crap at your house and then press charges.....geez...I bet he dont do it...he would get too harassed by the other guys.

If he does however just say that you were in fear of your life and that should pretty much clear up the situation.

Tyranny

I'm not sure. I would hope not but they might try to get you for hitting him in the head with a bottle b/c they'll say that you could've called the police or done something different. I think it'll come down to what you tried to do before hitting him. If it went like (1.) you asked him to leave, (2.) he refused and started shoving your friend, (3.) you hit him in the head, then you might have a problem. But I'm not sure. Good luck though.

Ethen

It is your home.. and he is practically a stranger, no? You're the clean one.

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