ASSAULT & BATTERY: DISMISSED at TRIAL

Client, truck driver with no criminal record, was charged with Assault and Battery stemming from a domestic argument where he allegedly shoved his wife. At trial, the wife asserted her marital privilege not to testify against her husband, the Defendant. Without the wife’s testimony, the Commonwealth lacked evidence to prosecute the case.

Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan gets domestic violence charge dismissed at trial.