My question involves criminal law for the state of: Maryland
My husband and I have been married for 10 years now and I have never been threatened by my husband. However, this week we got in a terrible argument, which led to me saying very ugly nasty things to my husband esp. about him being unemployed. That led to a very unexpected reaction. He slapped me on my face. He has never hit me before. I am 7 months pregnant and have a 2 yr old child. Being emotionally shaken and feeling very insulted by the slap, i made an extremely rash decision of calling 911 on him. Big mistake!
We had a perfect marriage, have struggled to achieve an educated and stable family. That day that discussion was the worst we had.
The police arrived so quickly that we didnt have a chance to think. They asked me so many questions. They saw the slap redness on my cheek to which my husband too agreed. Next thing they arrested my husband.
We have never faced anything like this before. I cant believe my 911 call in that unstable emotional state changed everything for us. My husband had to be in the jail for 7 hrs. he was released on bail with second degree assault charge. He now cannot come back home but can contact me.
I have many questions, fears......losing sleep over this. we want this case to be dismissed. We both have learnt a big lesson. we have a future ahead, our 2nd baby is coming soon, we want our life back. Please help with info that can help our case. Some questions -
1. can my husband be put throught jail time for this?
2. we have a lawyer but want to hear from people who had similar experience. what was the end result?
3. me being pregnant, is that going to be more of a disadvantage for a decision in his favor.
4. since both of us have honestly agreed to the argument and the slap, would that make it difficult for our case to be dismissed?
please reply with suggestions, ideas, your story, anything that will help.
We want our family back!!
THANKS

