In what circumstances will a deputy sheriff be called to a domestic violence incident in which the alleged assailant and the alleged victim are separated from each other?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Thomas, 11 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1656, 121 Cal.Rptr.3d 521, 2011 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1966, 247 P.3d 886, 51 Cal.4th 449 (Cal. 2011):

time [the deputy sheriff] spoke with [the victim] in the hospital, the incident that caused [the victim]'s injury had been over for more than an hour. The alleged assailant and the alleged victim were geographically separated, [the victim] had left the scene of the injury, and ... was in no danger of further violence as to which contemporaneous police intervention might be required. ( People v. Cage, supra, 40 Cal.4th at p. 985, 56 Cal.Rptr.3d 789, 155 P.3d 205.)

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