What is the effect of police responding to a domestic violence incident where the victim is alone on the porch?

In Hammon, the police responded to a home on a domestic disturbance call where they found the victim alone on the front porch. 547 U.S. 813. The victim appeared "somewhat frightened," but told them "nothing was the matter." Id., quoting Hammon v. State, 829 N.E.2d 444, 446-447 (Ind.2005). She permitted the police to enter the house where they saw a gas heating unit with the glass front shattered on the floor. Hammon, 547 U.S. at 819-820. One officer remained in the kitchen with the perpetrator while the other officer talked with the victim in the living room. Id. The perpetrator attempted several times to intervene in the victim's conversation with the officer, but he was kept apart. Id. The police then asked the victim to fill out and sign a battery affidavit, and she wrote: "Broke our Furnace & shoved me down on the floor into the broken glass. Hit me in the chest and threw me down. Broke our lamps & phone. Tore up my van where I couldn't leave the house. Attacked my daughter." Id. at 820. The victim

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