Intro hi I'm attorney Vick monitor I'm a practicing state and federal criminal defense attorney here in San Diego California i'm making this video for people who just recently received a What is corporal injury letter notice to appear been charged with corporal injury which is synonymous with domestic violence here in san diego under this charge typically people may find themselves facing felony or misdemeanor charges depending on the seriousness of the injuries in the case How corporal injury charges work discharge in itself it requires that there be a willful touching that is unlawful okay it could be any sort of offensive touching at a minimal level for it to be filed as a misdemeanor all the way up to a felony if there's some sort of injuries that are visible a lot of the times during the investigation stage what the issuing a turning will determine whether or not there's more than probable cause to move forward that means if there was pictures statements that were made from more than just one witness because in a lot of these cases the victims the spouses will end up recanting their statements over time so the things that will be part of evidence regardless of someone recanting is the 911 call those will always be part of evidence because they are nontestimonial also injuries any sort of visible injuries those will come in also regardless of any sort of suppression motion filed from your attorney if you have any questions regarding your specific case feel free to give me a call 619 405 0063 talk to you soon