Re: Knocked on neighbor's door and he knocked me off the por

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If the neighbor gets charged, you won't. The prosecutor is
not going to want to impeach his own witness and create a
defense by filing charges on the victim for the exact same
incident. That's just how it works.

Next time bathe before you visit your neighbor. He will be
less likely to throw you off their property if you don't
smell up his entire lawn. Just kidding.

On 3/14/05, Markus Schneberger wrote:
> I really need some advice here.
>
>
> Last Thursday night-at about 1 a.m.--I was awoken by a
> neighbor's loud barking dog. So, I went to his house,
> walked up his walk (there is no fence or gate) and knocked
> on the metal part of his storm door. I wanted to ask him
to
> quiet his dog.
>
> Before I got any words out, he answered his door, came
> running out and punched me so hard in the chest that I
> literally fell off his stoop and into his yard. He then
> told me that if I came back he'd kill me.
>
> This is only the second time I've had contact with this
> neighbor. The first time was in January--at about 2 a.m.--
> when I went to his house and asked him to please quiet his
> dog. He was apologitic and got the dog to be quiet.
>
> After being hit by him last Thursday, I immediately called
> the police, and the officer came out and took the
> information. He then encouraged me to press charges. Then,
> he went and talked to the neighbor.
>
> The neighbor told the police that I was trespassing and
> that I was so drunk that when he "pushed me" I staggered
> off his porch. He said he was just protecting his
property,
> and that he had told me the last time I came over to not
> come on his property. Incidentally, I had not been
drinking
> but had been sleeping all night.
>
> I have a witness who can claim that he never told me to
not
> come on his property.
>
> I have asked that he be charged with assault and battery.
> The detective has taken pictures of my wounds and
forwarded
> them to the city attorney. However, I'm afraid that the
> nieghbor will try to have me charged with trespassing or
> the city attorney won't take my case seriously and say
only
> that he feels the neighbor was justified in protecting his
> property.
>
> Help, what should I expect and what should I do so justice
> is served?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.